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Lasterhöhle [Den of Vice]
Lasterhöhle [Den of Vice]

Lasterhöhle [Den of Vice]

Primary (Berlin, Germany, 1893–1959)
NationalityGerman, Europe
Date1914
MediumEtching and drypoint
DimensionsSheet: 10 9/16 × 14 7/16 in. (26.8 × 36.6 cm)
Additional Dimension: 5 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (14.6 × 24.1 cm)
Image: 5 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.5 × 24 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Leo Steinberg Collection, 2002.1572
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2002.1572
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Label Text
Most of Grosz’s mature works present political commentary in lithographs of a cartoonish style. A very early work influenced by Max Beckmann, Lasterhöhle is an unusual expedition into a depraved subculture by means of extensive drypoint and appropriately agitated drawing. The Leo Steinberg Collection includes two other very rare and fine proofs by Grosz. There are, however, few other modern German works.
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