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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.95.17
People
George Grosz, American (Berlin, Germany 1893 - 1959 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Dead Mouse in a Trap; verso: blank page
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, sketchbook page
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/165128

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
23.3 x 15.3 cm (9 3/16 x 6 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: recto, graphite, l.r.: Grosz / 1950

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
George Grosz, gift; to Leon Harris, 1952. Anonymous Collector, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous gift in gratitude for the friendship and kindness of Dean Wilbur Joseph Bender
Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.95.17
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet, ed., The Sketchbooks of George Grosz, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1993), repr. p. 138

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 10/14/2015

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