This vantage chosen by Grosz was somewhat atypical for postcard views of the city, but it allowed him a clear view of the skyscrapers that dominated the skyline of Dallas, most prominently the Mercantile Building, the Magnolia Building, the Davis Building, and the Adolphus hotel, where Grosz stayed when he visited Dallas to make sketches for the series Impress

Hannah Arendt, the German political philosopher, recalled that for her generation, Grosz's drawings "seemed to us not satires but realistic reportage: we knew those types, they were all around us." His drawing of a Prussian military officer demonstrates how Grosz could balance an image on the knife-edge between portrait and caricature.

Large ceramic jars made in China, Vietnam, and Thailand were among the imported objects that Dayak peoples prized highly. Often thought to possess magical powers, these vessels were handed down as heirlooms from one generation to the next.