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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR81.10
People
George Grosz, American (Berlin, Germany 1893 - 1959 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Shoeshine Boy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1934
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222235

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
50.1 x 39.3 cm (19 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in watercolor at l.l.: GROSZ 34
  • inscription: l.l., watercolor, handwritten, in artist's hand: N.Y.
  • inscription: l.c., graphite, handwritten: [...]12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Erich Cohen (by 1939 - ?. Professor and Mrs. Bernard D. Davis, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1981

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Professor and Mrs. Bernard D. Davis
Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
BR81.10
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/29/2015 - 10/14/2015

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