George Grosz
George Grosz
An Autobiography
$26.95, £15.95 paperback
978-0-520-21327-2
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325 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 32 b/w photographs, 35 line illustrations
April 1998, Available worldwide
Categories: Art; Autobiographies & Biographies; Art Criticism
April 1998, Available worldwide
Categories: Art; Autobiographies & Biographies; Art Criticism
"A much more satisfying version of Ein kleines Ja—a vivid, convincing portrait of a highly idiosyncratic artist."—Walter Kendrick, Village Voice
"[A] vitriolic yet appreciative memoir of his artistic education, artistic and literary friends, and ideological flirtations."—Mark Levy, San Francisco Chronicle Review
"George Grosz's autobiography is here translated in a version that restores its bite, verve and sardonic humor. . . . It's a brilliant autobiography, masterfully written, shot through with poetry, filled with sharp observations."—Publishers Weekly
"[A] vitriolic yet appreciative memoir of his artistic education, artistic and literary friends, and ideological flirtations."—Mark Levy, San Francisco Chronicle Review
"George Grosz's autobiography is here translated in a version that restores its bite, verve and sardonic humor. . . . It's a brilliant autobiography, masterfully written, shot through with poetry, filled with sharp observations."—Publishers Weekly
This acclaimed autobiography by one of the twentieth century's greatest satirical artists is as much a graphic portrait of Germany in chaos after the Treaty of Versailles as it is a memoir of a remarkable artist's development. Grosz's account of a world gone mad is as acute and provocative as the art that depicts it, and this translation of a work long out of print restores the spontaneity, humor, and energy of the author's German text. It also includes a chapter on Grosz's experience in the Soviet Union—omitted from the original English-language edition—as well as more writings about his twenty-year self-imposed exile in America, and a fable written in English.