Harvard Art Museums > 2018.126: Study for Industrial Landscape Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for Industrial Landscape (Carl Grossberg) , 2018.126,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/362005. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2018.126 People Carl Grossberg, German (Elberfeld, Germany 1894 - 1940 Compiègne, France) Title Study for Industrial Landscape Other Titles Original Language Title: Entwurf für Industrielandschaft Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date 1934 Period Modern Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/362005 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on two plywood panels Technique Painted Dimensions 61 × 227.6 × 1.3 cm (24 × 89 5/8 × 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: On verso, upper left, in graphite: Grossberg; on verso, upper right, in graphite: Grossberg; on verso, lower left, stamped in black ink: Carl Grossberg Nachlass; on verso, lower right, stamped in black ink: Carl Grossberg Nachlass. inscription: On verso, upper left, in pencil: Grossberg; on verso, upper right, in pencil: Grossberg; on verso, lower left, stamped in black ink: Carl Grossberg Nachlass; on verso, lower right, stamped in black ink: Carl Grossberg Nachlass. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Carl Grossberg, Sommerhausen (1934-1940), by inheritance; to Carl Grossberg Nachlass, Sommerhausen, sold; [through Galerie Hasenclever, Munich, 2018] to Merrill C. Berman, New York, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2018. Footnotes: The provenance of this work appears in "Carl Grossberg: Industry and Architecture" (Munich: Galerie Michael Hasenclever, 2018) n.p. [no. 7]. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Merrill C. and Dalia S. Berman in honor of Lynette Roth Accession Year 2018 Object Number 2018.126 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This diptych painting is a 1:20 scale model for a wall painting completed in 1934 that originally measured 150 feet wide. It is executed on two panels hinged at the center to fold open. Publication History Hans M. Schmidt, Carl Grossberg. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Druckgrafik, 1914-1940, exh. cat., Hessisches Landesmuseum (Darmstadt, 1976), p. 39, cat. no. 27, ill. (b/w) Helmut Friedel, Kunst und Technik in den 20er Jahren. Neue Sachlichkeit und Gegenständlicher Konstruktivismus, exh. cat., Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, 1980), p. 185, cat. no. 67, ill. Hans-Werner Schmidt, Carl Grossberg. Retrospektive zum 100. Geburtstag, exh. cat., ed. Sabine Fehlemann, DuMont Buchverlag (Cologne, 1994), p. 76, cat. no. 38, ill. (b/w) Klaus Türk, ed., Arbeit und Industrie in der bildenden Kunst. Beiträge eines interdisziplinären Symposiums, Franz Steiner Verlag (Stuttgart, 1997), p. 120 Melissa Venator, Lynette Roth, and Merrill C. Berman, Carl Grossberg: Works in the Merrill C. Berman Collection, ed. Melissa Venator, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2018), pp. 29, fig. 15 (detail) and p. 61, ill. (color) Andrea Diederichs, Broken Myths: Charles Sheeler's Industrial Landscapes, De Gruyter (Berlin and Boston, 2023), pp. 120-121, fig. 49, ill. (color) Exhibition History Carl Grossberg. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Druckgrafik, 1914-1940, Hessisches Landesmuseum, 01/01/1976 - 12/31/1976; Von der Heydt-Museum, 06/29/1976 - 08/08/1976; Städtische Museum Leverkusen Schloss Morsbroich, 09/10/1976 - 10/24/1976 Kunst und Technik in den 20er Jahren. Neue Sachlichkeit und Gegenständlicher Konstruktivismus, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 07/02/1980 - 08/10/1980 Carl Grossberg. Retrospektive zum 100. Geburtstag, Von der Heydt-Museum, 08/28/1994 - 10/09/1994; Kunsthalle Tübingen, 10/15/1994 - 11/27/0994; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 12/11/1994 - 02/12/1995; Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, 02/20/1995 - 04/17/1995 32Q: Stair 5, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/14/2018 - 08/15/2018 The Construction of the World - Art and the Economy, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, 10/11/2018 - 02/03/2019 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu