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George Grosz : An Autobiography [MISSING ORIGINAL DRAWING]

Grosz, George (Text); Nora Hodges (Transl.)

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company / An Imago Imprint, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 27/150. Small Quarto. vii [i], 309 [3]pp. Original red half-Morocco over textured burgundy cloth with gilt illustration and ruling on cover, gilt lettering on spine; housed in matching clamshell box w/o illustration on cover. Light brown double endpapers. Two-sided frontispiece, photograph on recto, drawing on verso.

Autobiography based on the archives of the estate of George Grosz, compiled with the help of Peter and Lilian Grosz, married to George Grosz' son Peter. All illustrations used in this autobiography were property of the estate with the exception of pp. 282-283, courtesy of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge. "This is an attempt at an autobiography, and the reader should know that what I do not say, I do not want to say. Yes, I love the twilight. And please don't mistake that for haziness of flabbiness, for even in twilight the eternal human form remains tangible and firm." (G. Grosz, Foreword). Profusely illustrated with numerous full page and in-text drawings, including in margins, rendered lithographically, as well as b/w photographs in offset reproductions throughout. Clamshell box with light wear along edges with some light staining on spine. Book in fine condition. Very good to fine condition. Item #56105
ISBN: 0025458302

Price: $150.00