Remember Uncle August the Unhappy Inventor  

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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

George Grosz's (1893 – 1959) oeuvre includes a few absurdist works, such as the painting/collage "Remember Uncle August the Unhappy Inventor"[1] which has buttons sewn on it.

It is dated 1919 consists of, oil and graphite on canvas with photomontage and collage of papers and buttons.

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