Nach getaner Arbeit (The End of a Perfect Day), George Grosz; Associated American Artists

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George Grosz; Associated American Artists, Nach getaner Arbeit (The End of a Perfect Day)
George Grosz; Associated American Artists, Nach getaner Arbeit (The End of a Perfect Day)
George Grosz
Nach getaner Arbeit (The End of a Perfect Day)
1939
George Grosz
1893–1959
Nach getaner Arbeit (The End of a Perfect Day), 1939
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: drypoint; wove paper
Dimensions:
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 252 x 327 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 313 x 394 mm
Plate Mark/Block Dimensions (Height x Width): 9 15/16 x 12 7/8 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 12 5/16 x 15 1/2 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in
Credit line: Gift of Dr. Franklin D. Murphy
Accession number: 1957.0014
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard The events of the first World War made a powerful impression on all who experienced it. One of the artistic reactions to the war was the founding of the dada movement in neutral Switzerland. Early dada in Zurich, Switzerland, is usually identified as a revolutionary and nihilistic movement, prior to the group's more explosive political phase in Berlin, Germany. Grosz was an important member of the Berlin dada movement and was active in communist and anarchist circles. In the two prints exhibited here, both done during the war and prior to the advent of dada, Grosz displays his formidable ability to satirize the military and to instill in us the horrors of war.