Geselligkeit (Dinner Party)
George Grosz, Geselligkeit (Dinner Party), 1929, graphite and ink on paper, Museum Purchase: Ella M. Hirsch Fund, © artist or other rights holder, 38.48
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- Title
Geselligkeit (Dinner Party)
- Related Titles
original language: Geselligkeit
translated: Dinner Party
- Artist
- Date
1929
- Medium
graphite and ink on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 16 3/4 in x 21 5/8 in; sheet: 18 3/16 in x 23 1/2 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: 27 Dinner Party, graphite, bottom middle
title: Gellselligkeit, graphite, bottom left
signature; date: Grosz 1929, ink, lower left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Drawings
- Object Type
drawing
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Ella M. Hirsch Fund
- Accession Number
38.48
- Copyright
© artist or other rights holder
- Terms
In the years following World War I, Germany faced rampant inflation and widespread hunger, yet the elites of society maintained a lavish lifestyle. George Grosz lambasts the corruption and decadence of society in this depiction of a sumptuous dinner party.
- Exhibitions
2006 From Anxiety to Ecstasy: Themes in German Expressionist Prints Portland Art Museum
2014 Feast and Famine: The Pleasures and Politics of Food Portland Art Museum
