Die Besitzkröten (Possession Toads) from Die Räuber (The Robber) Act II, scene 2
Print
Three rich bald men sit around a table with money and jewels strewn about in the foreground. All express deep contempt. One looks behind to look upon the poor and sick flanked by two soldiers. He grasps onto his money as the other two smoke cigars. The man to the left wears a swastika on his tie. The background shows a bleak industrial landscape almost serving as a wall to keep the people in.
2026.09.154
Photolithograph
inkPaper
2026.09
Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Transfer
George Grosz
Artist
Malik-Verlag
circa 1922
20th Century
Berlin
Germany
100
Unnumbered edition
InscriptionTitle
lower left below plate
Besitzkröten 2
German
PencilWritten
Signature
lower right below plate
Grosz
PencilWritten
Watermark
repeating
Ferd Flinsch [bat over box or book]
Stamped
paper watermark
Sheet
24-7/8 in
18-1/4 in
Professors Edward Akeley (1894-1984) and Anna Akeley (1904-2004), West Lafayette, Indiana; donated to Purdue University Archives; transferred to Purdue University Galleries
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