Die Besitzkröten (Possession Toads) from Die Räuber (The Robber) Act II, scene 2

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Die Besitzkröten (Possession Toads) from Die Räuber (The Robber) Act II, scene 2

Entry/Object ID

Akeley Archive 154

Description

Three rich bald men sit around a table with money and jewels strewn about in the foreground. All express deep contempt. One looks behind to look upon the poor and sick flanked by two soldiers. He grasps onto his money as the other two smoke cigars. The man to the left wears a swastika on his tie. The background shows a bleak industrial landscape almost serving as a wall to keep the people in.

Type of Print

Photolithograph

Artwork Details

Medium

ink, Paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George Grosz

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Malik-Verlag

Date made

circa 1922

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Berlin

* Untyped Place

Germany

Edition

Edition Size

100

Notes

Unnumbered edition

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription, Title

Location

lower left below plate

Transcription

Besitzkröten 2

Language

German

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Signature

Location

lower right below plate

Transcription

Grosz

Material/Technique

Pencil, Written

Type

Watermark

Location

repeating

Transcription

Ferd Flinsch [bat over box or book]

Material/Technique

Stamped

Notes

paper watermark

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Sheet

Height

24-7/8 in

Width

18-1/4 in

Provenance

Notes

Professors Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries

Exhibition

Drawing Lines: The Political Art of Ward Sutton (2024)