1955.97: The Street Cleaners

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1955.97

People

George Grosz, American (Berlin, Germany 1893 - 1959 Berlin, Germany)

Title

The Street Cleaners

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1935

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/308577

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor, with extra binder, over graphite on cream laid paper

Dimensions

48.3 x 63.2 cm (19 x 24 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.r.: GROSZ, over watercolor: Grosz/35
• inscription: l.r., graphite: 133 DIAL
• inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 123 DIAL
• inscription: verso, l.r., red crayon: [crossed out in graphite:] 122
• inscription: verso, l.l., graphite: 133 DIAL
• exhibition label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed: no. 57
• label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, typed: GALLERY OF MODERN ART / 644.65 Fogg / ABOUT N.Y.

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

1955.97

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 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

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