George Grosz. Twelve Reproductions From His Original Lithgraphs
Sachs, Herman (Hermann); Introduction By Hi Simons; 12 Reproductions; Color Lithograph Covers By George Grosz
Language: English
Published by Musterbookhouse, Chicago, 1921
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Condition: Used - Good
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10 Pp+ 12 Illustrations In Black And White From The Stock Of Herman Sachs, Then Agent In America For Grosz. Covers With Lithographic Illustrations In Red By Georg Grosz. Wear, 1 1/4" Tear At Top Of Front Cover, Faint Dampstaining To Top Of Covers, Endpapers, And Last Illustration. Rare In Original Covers. Born In Romania To Jewish Parents, Herman [Hermann] Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father, A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe, Spending The 1910-1920 Period In Germany, Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists (Munich Expressionist Werkstätten). Upon Returning To The United States In 1920, Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School, Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward, Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts, Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time, He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924, Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A Muralist And Decorator, Sachs Went On To Design The Interiors Of Many Los Angeles Landmarks, Including The Bullocks Wilshire Building (Now Home To Southwestern Law School), Union Station, Los Angeles City Hall, And The Title Insurance And Trust Company Building. An Educator As Well As An Artist, Sachs Also Directed The Creative Art Students League Of Los Angeles. Sachs Was Active Within The L.A. Weimar Exile Community Of Artists, Writers, And Filmmakers. His Friend, The Architect Rudolph Schindler, Designed Sachs' L.A. House, The Manola Court Apartments.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- George Grosz. Twelve Reproductions From His Original Lithgraphs
- Author
- Sachs, Herman (Hermann); Introduction By Hi Simons; 12 Reproductions; Color Lithograph Covers By George Grosz
- Publisher
- Musterbookhouse, Chicago
- Publication year
- 1921
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Art and Artists (General), Art-Archives of Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano, with collections of Merle Armitage, and Herman Sachs
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