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George Grosz was a friend of Max Herrmann-Neisse, who was a leading cabaret critic in Berlin. He and Grosz held similar political beliefs, and often attended the same nightspots and also often collaborated in the same periodicals.Neisse had two portraits executed by Grosz, the first in 1925 and this being the second. He spent many hours at the artist's studio, and more than thirty preparatory drawings were made for both portraits. Neisse is depicted seated in the left direction, in a flowery decorated chair, with his hands crossed. In the left background, is shown a table with a kind of still-life, presenting a bottle, a glass and an ashtray with a smoked cigarette. He wears glasses and a dark suit, is depicted sympathetically but rigorously, not hiding his not-very-flattering features, which included a frail body, a hunchback and a large and totally bald head. His physical features are presented in detail.
George Grosz Max Herrmann-Neisse ashtray hunchback Berlin