- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1955.96
- People
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George Grosz, American (Berlin, Germany 1893 - 1959 Berlin, Germany)
- Title
- The Junkers Officer
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1934
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/308523
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Watercolor and black ink on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- actual: 59.2 x 46.2 cm (23 5/16 x 18 3/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: red and black ink, l.r.: Grosz / 1934
- inscription: l.r., graphite: 132 dial
- inscription: verso, l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: nicht bloss an / die Wand gemalt [=not simply painted on the wall]
- inscription: verso, red crayon, crossed out in graphite: [encircled:] 121
- inscription: verso, graphite: 122 DIAL
- inscription: verso, graphite: 132 dial
- inscription: verso, graphite: G
- exhibition label: removed from old backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: no. 58
- Provenance
- George Grosz, gift; to Leon Harris, 1952. Anonymous Collector, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- 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
- 1955.96
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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- Descriptions
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- Description
- Pinholes at all corners.
- Publication History
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Peter-Klaus Schuster, George Grosz, Berlin-New York, exh. cat., Ars Nicolai (Berlin, Germany, 1994), repr. p. 289
- Exhibition History
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George Grosz 1893-1959, Akademie Der Künste, Berlin, 10/07/1962 - 12/30/1962
George Grosz 1893-1959, City Art Gallery, New York, New York, 04/20/1963 - 05/12/1963; Arts Council Gallery, London, London, 06/01/1963 - 06/29/1963; City Art Gallery, Bristol, Bristol, 07/06/1963 - 07/07/1963
32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/14/2015 - 04/13/2016
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