Das Recht wohnet beim Überwältiger (Right is with the strongest)

Print

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Das Recht wohnet beim Überwältiger (Right is with the strongest)

Entry/Object ID

2026.09.269

Description

“Right is with the strongest.” (Act I, scene 1), from Die Räuber

Type of Print

Lithograph

Acquisition

Accession

2026.09

Source or Donor

Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

George Grosz

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Malik-Verlag

Date made

circa 1922

Place

City

Berlin

* Untyped Place

Germany

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

print front, bottom left

Transcription

Das Recht wohnet beim Überwältiger Räuber I Akt 1 Szene

Language

German

Translation

Right is with the Strongest

Material/Technique

Written

Type

Signature

Location

print front, bottom right

Transcription

Grosz

Material/Technique

In Artist's Hand

Type

Inscription

Location

print front, bottom left

Transcription

9.

Material/Technique

Written

Dimensions

Height

24-3/4 in

Width

18-1/4 in

Web Links and URLs

Print at the Art Institute of Chicago

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.