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one of the best Grosz books, November 22, 2009
This review is from: The Berlin of George Grosz: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints, 1912-1930 (Hardcover)
After I had bought the Hans Hess , Herbert Bittner,Serge Sabarsky ,Beth Lewis Books, I bought this book as it was one of the first books to discuss and illustrate Grosz's work in theater. His drawings put him in the satirical art classification.But his work in theater was less traditional ,and it is here that he must be remembered as a Dadaist.Duchamp of course is best known as a dadaist..for his urinal for one. Hans Arp is always listed as the dadaist in the crossword puzzles.The Zurich (Arp for one) group is different than the Berlin group and the New York Dadaist such as Duchamp.The recent Skira book on Grosz has reproductions of Grosz's work in theater but the color reproductions are about equal in quality.This is a good book on Grosz but ,not as comprehensive as the Grosz New York - Berlin catalogue of the exhibition held in Rome Italy. Sorry ,it is higher in price!
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