Creator Biography
George Grosz, German, 1893–1959 (artist)
Malik-Verlag, German, active Berlin, 1916–1947 (publisher)
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Creation Date
1923
Geography
Germany
Culture
German
Medium
Bound book with drawings printed on paper
Dimensions
10 × 7 1/2 × 3/16 in. (25.3 × 19 × 0.5 cm)
Credit Line
Purchase by the Department of Art History, 2025
Accession Number
2026. 3
Description
This is a bound portfolio of 57 political cartoons (politische zeichnungen). It was published by Malik-Verlag (1916–1947), a publishing house based in Berlin and founded by Wieland Herzflede, John Heartfield, and George Grosz. Malik-Verlag focused on left-wing political art and literature.
This portfolio was published as the 10th volume of Malik-Verlag’s “Small Revolutionary Library” (“Kleine Revolutionäre Bibliothek”) series, which was published from 1920–1923.
A 1984, English-language edition can be found here (2026.4)
Digitized Pages
Keywords
Department of Art History Collection, European, German, After 1800, Expressionism, Dada, World War I, Book