Murder, 1915/16
Series title originalEcce Homo
MediumOffset Print on vellum
Panel dimensions30 × 21,5 cm
Sheet dimensions35,8 × 26,3 cm
About the workThe German painter and graphic artist George Grosz captured here a murder in all its unrelenting brutality through his drawings. While he usually focused on observations from his surroundings, this work is a fictional depiction. Grosz’s works are uncompromising in their clarity and their focus on what is essential. They expose, without embellishment, the raw reality, the animalistic side of human nature. The depicted murder is not merely an act, but a symbol of the coldness and indifference of the modern city.
AccessionAcquisition 1947
Provenance[...]; 7.10.1947 angekauft von Wilhelm Buller (Duisburg 19.4.1892- ?), Duisburg
Inventory numberK 1947-6_12
