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拍品专文
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Grosz’s body of work is known for often picturing violent and satirical scenes from the politically charged and corrupt society of Berlin in between the First World War and Hitler’s rise to power. Many of these works were bundled and reproduced in publications such as Ecce Homo (1925), which was seized by the Public Prosecutor.
The present work’s title Vaudeville refers to a theatrical genre, popular from the mid-1890s until the early 1930s, which was common for its light entertainment consisting of different, unrelated acts similar to the variety show or circus. Being reflected in the work’s subject, Grosz illustrates the Vaudeville genre with two clowns who seem to be in the middle of a performance. Even though the present work is different from Grosz’s usually more unvarnished and direct scenes, it still addresses the issues of the time: a society seeking to escape reality by letting themselves be seduced by the ephemeral pleasures of the entertainment industry.
Grosz’s body of work is known for often picturing violent and satirical scenes from the politically charged and corrupt society of Berlin in between the First World War and Hitler’s rise to power. Many of these works were bundled and reproduced in publications such as Ecce Homo (1925), which was seized by the Public Prosecutor.
The present work’s title Vaudeville refers to a theatrical genre, popular from the mid-1890s until the early 1930s, which was common for its light entertainment consisting of different, unrelated acts similar to the variety show or circus. Being reflected in the work’s subject, Grosz illustrates the Vaudeville genre with two clowns who seem to be in the middle of a performance. Even though the present work is different from Grosz’s usually more unvarnished and direct scenes, it still addresses the issues of the time: a society seeking to escape reality by letting themselves be seduced by the ephemeral pleasures of the entertainment industry.