Exchange: F14 Arslan - GERMAN 232 - Introduction to German Film

F14 Arslan - GERMAN 232 - Introduction to German Film

Expressionism and New Objectivity

Käthe Kollwitz
The Downtrodden (Zertretene)
aquatint and etching on paper
11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.85 x 24.45 cm);11 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (29.85 x 24.45 cm);19 5/16 x 14 1/4 in. (49.05 x 36.2 cm)
Gift of Edwin M. Otterbourg

In the foreground, a man and a woman carry a child as they move to the left of the page. The man carries the child's body, while the woman holds the childs head. The man's face is turned towards the left, while the woman's head is bowed toward the child. The man and woman are dressed in dark clothes, while the child is shown in white. The child's arm hangs limp. A crowd of children is gathered in the background, looking at the three main figures.

Käthe Kollwitz
Child Run Over
softground etching on paper
9 15/16 in x 12 11/16 in (25.24 cm x 32.23 cm);9 15/16 in x 12 11/16 in (25.24 cm x 32.23 cm)
Museum Purchase

Käthe Kollwitz
'Bauernkrieg' (Peasant War Cycle). Losbruch (Outbreak)
aquatint and etching on paper
22 1/16 in x 28 11/16 in (56.04 cm x 72.87 cm);27 15/16 in x 32 ⅛ in (70.96 cm x 81.6 cm)
Museum Purchase

Pen and ink drawing of nude woman, presumably dead or in the act of dying, stretched between floor and chair, with a man bending over her head and torso. In interior domestic space.

George Grosz
A Murder
pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper
7 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in. ( 19.05 cm x 21.59 cm )
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection

George Grosz
A Dream
pen, ink and wash on off-white laid paper
8 11/16 in x 11 ¼ in (22.07 cm x 28.58 cm);14 ⅜ in x 19 ⅜ in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm);7 9/16 in x 9 ⅛ in (19.21 cm x 23.18 cm)
Museum Purchase

George Grosz
City Neighborhood, from Kleine Grosz Mappe
lithograph on cream colored wove paper
11 7/16 x 8 5/8 in. (28.9 x 21.8 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Helen B. Hall

5 men sitting, in various states of watching. 1 man in first "row," in hat, facing left with arms crossed. In 2nd row, three men - (l) head in hands, legs crossed; (c) man in suit and hat, looking at viewer, hand in groin; (r) slumped figure in hat and suit, spectacles, covers groin, looks at ground. 1 man in last row, in hat, looks to the left.

George Grosz
The Onlookers (Die Zuschauer)
ink on wove paper
12 ¾ in x 8 ¼ in (32.38 cm x 20.96 cm)
Gift of the Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection

A man clothed in pants, shoes, and a long-sleeved shirt sits at a small table with his hands folded. Part of a loaf of bread sits on the upper left corner of the table. The man is in a small room with a small, square, barred window high on the wall behind him. There is a toilet without a lid behind him to his left.

George Grosz
In Prison
ink on wove paper
18 13/16 in x 12 3/8 in (47.78 cm x 31.43 cm);24 in x 17 1/2 in (60.96 cm x 44.45 cm)
Gift of Herbert Barrows

George Grosz
Streetscene (Strassenszene)
lithograph on paper
20 ½ in x 15 ⅛ in (52.07 cm x 38.42 cm)
Museum Purchase

George Grosz
The Hero (Der Held)
lithograph on paper
12 3/4 x 8 13/16 in. (32.23 x 22.38 cm);21.9 x 17.9 in. (55.72 x 45.56 cm)
Museum Purchase

Erich Heckel
Before the Mirror
lithograph on paper
19 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. (49.2 x 38.6 cm);22 x 28 3/16 in. (55.88 x 71.44 cm);23 5/16 x 18 1/4 in. (59.2 x 46.2 cm)
Museum Purchase