"Under my rule it shall be brought to pass, that potatoes and small-beer shall be con sidered a holiday treat; and woe to him who meets my eye with the audacious front of health. Haggard want, and crouching fear, are my insignia; and in this livery I will clothe ye."("In meinem Gebiet soll's soweit kommen, das Kartoffeln und Dünnbier ein Traktament für Festtage werden, und wehe dem, der mir mit vollen feurigen Backen unter die Augen tritt! Blässe der Armut und sklavische Furcht sind meine Leibf arbe; in diese Livrei will ich euch kleiden.")
1920/1921
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- lithograph in black
- Dimensions
- image: 48.1 × 37.62 cm (18 15/16 × 14 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1951.10.294
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
"Under my rule it shall be brought to pass, that potatoes and small-beer shall be con sidered a holiday treat; and woe to him who meets my eye with the audacious front of health. Haggard want, and crouching fear, are my insignia; and in this livery I will clothe ye."("In meinem Gebiet soll's soweit kommen, das Kartoffeln und Dünnbier ein Traktament für Festtage werden, und wehe dem, der mir mit vollen feurigen Backen unter die Augen tritt! Blässe der Armut und sklavische Furcht sind meine Leibf arbe; in diese Livrei will ich euch kleiden.") — George Grosz. 1920/1921.
Medium: lithograph in black.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 48.1 × 37.62 cm (18 15/16 × 14 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1951.10.294. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.
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