Volkes Stimme (The Voice of the People)

George Grosz

1893–1959

Volkes Stimme (The Voice of the People), 1928

Portfolio/Series title: Hintergrund / 17 Zeichnungen von George Grosz zur Aufführung des "Schwejk" in der Piscatorbühne (Background / 17 Drawings by George Grosz for the Opening of "Schwejk" in the Piscator Theater)

Where object was made: Germany

Material/technique: photogravure; laid paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 169 x 260 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 169 x 260 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 6 5/8 x 10 1/4 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Elmer F. Pierson Fund

Accession number: 2008.0046.04

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Exhibition Label:
"Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard
This portfolio was published for the November 1928 opening of the Erwin Piscator production of the play Good Soldier Schwejk, which was performed at the Theatre am Nollendorfplatz in Berlin. This theatrical production was based on Jaroslav Hašek’s satirical, absurdist anti-war novel published in 1923. The portfolio recapitulates Grosz’s set designs, which were, like Hašek’s novel, based on events of the First World War. Grosz makes clever use of the section sign (§)-which is like a paragraph symbol except that it is especially linked to legal documents and courtly proceedings. Grosz was charged with blasphemy for the image of a crucified Christ in a gas mask and hobnail boots.