George Grosz. The Berlin Years

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Venues:
Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Madrid: Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza, May 27 – September 14, 1997;
Barcelona: Centre de Cultura Contemporania, October 15 – January 18, 1997.

Curator:
Ralph Jentsch.

Artist:
George Grosz.

Exhibition description:
George Grosz’s artistic trajectory can be divided into two distinct phases: the “Berlin Years” and the “American Period.” This exhibition covered the earlier period, addressing the manner in which Grosz represented the dark episodes of German history during the twentieth century, with paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, portfolios, journals and illustrated books. Through political picture books and educational books, as he called them, Grosz denounced the terrible events and consequences of the Great War.

Catalogue:
Jentsch, Ralph. George Grosz. The Berlin Years. Milan: Electa, 1997.
Jentsch, Ralph. George Grosz. Gli anni berlinesi. Milan: Electa, 1997.

Two catalogues, in English and Italian. Catalogue includes a preface by Ralph Jentsch, acknowledgments by Philip Rylands (Deputy Director, Peggy Guggenheim Collection) and Tomas Llorens (Chief Curator, Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza) and a detailed book-length study of Grosz’ work between the period 1893–1933 by Ralph Jentsch. The catalogue also contains a biography, a bibliography, an exhibition history and a chronology.

The Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza published its own version of the catalogue in Spanish:
Jentsch, Ralph. George Grosz. Los años de Berlin. Milan: Electa, 1997 (GUGG PGC 1997 .05).

Library location: GUGG PGC 1997 .02 (Italian) ; GUGG PGC 1997 .03 (English).

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