George Grosz: Art and Politics in the Weimar Republic
by Lewis, Beth Irwin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0299059014
- ISBN 13
- 9780299059019
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About This Item
Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1971. Cloth, xviii, 328 pages, illustrations, portraits; 25 cm. Revision of the author's thesis, University of Wisconsin. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Stated First Printing. Price-clipped dust jacket toned, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "Examines the ideological motivations of Grosz's political cartoons in an effort to define further the relationship between art and his political involvements in Berlin of the 1920s. Provides a clearer understanding of the artist and an unusual insight into the Weimar Republic." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction: the merchant from Holland; PT. 1. THE THEORETICAL MISANTHROPE, 1912-19. In literary Berlin; In anti-war Berlin; PT. 2. THE ANGRY ARTIST, 1919-23. Spartacist pamphleteer; Communist relationships; Books and portfolios; PT. 3. TOWARDS NOTHINGNESS, 1923-33. Participation and pessimism; Critics and trials; Epilogue: the saddest man in Europe.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- George Grosz: Art and Politics in the Weimar Republic
- Author
- Lewis, Beth Irwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0299059014
- ISBN 13
- 9780299059019
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison, WI
- Date Published
- 1971
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- European / 8. Modern, 1900-1945; European / German, Austrian & Swiss; Movements / Dada;
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