Plate (facing page 94) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories
George Grosz
American, born Germany. 1893–1959
1935
An offset lithograph illustration by George Grosz that stages a charged, cinematic moment — a worried young woman with long blonde hair sits before a mirror while an older woman stands holding scissors — created for a 1935 illustrated book.
The image hits you with smoky, watercolor-like washes and fluid, sketchy lines: the girl's luminous hair and pale face float against dark, heavy dresses and a halo-like glow that gives the scene an uncanny, theatrical tension.
Produced in Grosz's American period, this plate brings his expressionist eye and social critique into the medium of book illustration, demonstrating how modern printmaking could convey urban drama and psychological intensity.
Medium
Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions
Dimensions
composition (irreg.): 7 1/2 × 5 3/8" (19.1 × 13.7 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
The Louis E. Stern Collection
Accession
855.1964.23
Palette
Exhibitions
