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![[CHARLIE CHAPLIN, HIS COPY] 1921 Inscribed George Grosz "The Face of the Ruling Class"](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3804/38048447.jpeg?t=1WLSGH)
Lot 79
[CHARLIE CHAPLIN, HIS COPY] 1921 Inscribed George Grosz "The Face of the Ruling Class"
Estimate: $750 - $1,500
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FINE COPY INSCRIBED BY ARTIST GEORGE GROSZ TO FAMED ACTOR CHARLIE CHAPLIN
George Grosz (1893-1959). Das Gesicht der herrschenden Klasse. 57 politische Zeichnungen. [The Face of the Ruling Class. 57 Political Drawings]. Berlin: Der Malik Verlag, 1921.
8vo. 57 illustrations by Grosz. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Third edition, "13-25th Thousand".
INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR GEORGE GROSZ TO CHARLIE CHAPLIN: "23.7.22 / Charlie Chaplin / herzlidist gewidmet / George Grosz." [Most affectionately dedicated to Charlie Chaplin, George Grosz].
An important association of Grosz's important collection of political portraits, inscribed and dated by the artist to the seminal film star of the era, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) at the height of his fame.
This edition, published the same year as the first edition, is printed on superior paper, issued with a cloth-backed binding, and features two additional drawings. Grosz was a dedicated anti-Nazi, frequently lampooning their leadership in his art and his caricatural drawings, making him a prime target. In 1933, emigrated to the United States when Hitler came to power.
[World War II, WWII, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adolf Hitler, Allied, Axis, George S. Patton, Air Force] [Propaganda, Booklets, Pamphlets, Ephemera] [Art, Illustration, Signatures, Autographs] [Film, Silent Film, United Artists]
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