Your Collection

Add this item to your collection
Harvard Art Museums
Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
An emaciated family stands on a city street, looking into the window of a shop selling food.

A man surrounded by his family stands at center, gazing leftward into a shop window. He is wearing a scarf and a coat and holds his arms close to him as if against the cold. To the right, a woman in a kerchief and a cloak holds an infant, and at left a small boy folds his hands in front of him. Their faces are gaunt and their expressions are blank. They stare into the storefront window at shelves laden with various meats and other foods. Above these, pineapples and bananas hang from the ceiling.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.11.2
People
George Grosz, American (Berlin, Germany 1893 - 1959 Berlin, Germany)
Title
Hunger, from the portfolio "Hunger"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Hunger
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1924
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/76744

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library
Copyright
© Estate of George Grosz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.11.2
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.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/15/2018 - 08/05/2019

Related Works

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