Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)
Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)
Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)
Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)

Art © Estate of George Grosz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)
Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)
Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)
Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)

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Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet),

ca. 1923

George Grosz, German, 1893–1959
2000-432
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More Context

In 1919, Grosz cofounded, edited, and illustrated <em>Die Pleite</em> (Bankruptcy), an inflammatory political journal published by Malik-Verlag. The reverse side of this sheet bears a study for the artist’s caricature of Friedrich Ebert, President of the Weimar Republic, published in the July 1923 issue of <em>Die Pleite</em>; the cryptic drawing above portrays a young man with boards screwed to his eyes, wearing the white shirt, neckerchief, and athletic shorts of a member of the Young Pioneers, a Soviet youth organization formed in 1922.

More About This Object

Collection Publications: Klinger to Kollwitz Labels7

Information

Title
Ich Bin Prophet (I am the prophet)
Dates

ca. 1923

Maker
George Grosz
Medium
Recto: black ink Verso: black ink and graphite
Dimensions
62.7 x 50 cm (24 11/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Albert L. Rosenthal
Object Number
2000-432
Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: Grosz
Inscription
In black ink, center: Ich Bin Prophet In graphite, verso lower left: Lg Nr 183 | ca. 1923
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp, verso lower left: 2.133.10 Blind stamp, verso upper left: GH [with an hand holding an ax inscribed in a circle]
Culture
German
Type
drawings
Materials
wove paper, graphite, ink
Subject
bombs, skulls (skeleton components), boards (flat objects), neckerchiefs, screws, dogs, flowers (plants), corkscrews, saws

Artist Estate;

1999, sale Christie's London, 7 October, lot 207;

1999, purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Albert L. Rosenthal;

Gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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