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The Pimps of Death by George Grosz — VisualArtsDB

The Pimps of Death

The Pimps of Death

1919

Medium: Lithograph in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 38.5 × 30.2 cm (15 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 47.8 × 38.9 cm (18 7/8 × 15 3/8 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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