Gestalt Mit Tod (Figure with Death), Georg Scholz

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Georg Scholz, Gestalt Mit Tod (Figure with Death)
Georg Scholz, Gestalt Mit Tod (Figure with Death)
Georg Scholz
Gestalt Mit Tod (Figure with Death)
1919
Georg Scholz
1890–1945
Gestalt Mit Tod (Figure with Death), 1919
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: Japanese paper; woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 251 x 156 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 9 7/8 x 6 1/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 435 x 327 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 17 1/8 x 12 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund
Accession number: 2009.0098
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard Georg Scholz became deeply politicized, joining the German Communist party and the Novembergruppe (November Group, referencing the November Revolution in Germany), and participating in the first international DADA Fair in Berlin in 1920. Scholz was also a leading figure of the 1920s artistic movement in Germany known as Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). New Objectivity evolved in Germany in direct opposition to the urgent emotionalism of Expressionism. Scholz's woodcut seems to be his parting gesture to Expressionism, and with it, perhaps to the memories of war, in which he served from 1915 to 1918. In contrast, one of his early works in the highly polished idiom of New Objectivity is exhibited nearby.