by Object Type (2)
George Grosz
Photo Credit: photo: M. Cook
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Two Nudes
193620th century
620 x 469 mm (24.4 x 18.5 in.)
George Grosz, German, (1893–1959)
Object Type:
drawing
Medium and Support:
Charcoal drawing on wove paper
Marks:
Signed in pencil, lower right: “Grosz”
Provenance / Collectors' Marks:
Maria Bittner by 1960; acquired by Howard Hugo after 1960; by descent to his daughter and son, the donors. Harold Hugo, whose firm Meriden Gravure printed Bittner's book on Grosz, was a close friend of Bittner, who was in turn a close friend of Grosz. According to John Peckham of Meriden-Stinehour Press, the drawing was purchased by or given to Hugo probably around the time of the books publication in 1960.
Bibliography:
Herbert Bittner, ed., George Grosz (New York, 1960), cat. no. 84.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nancy and Greg Hugo from the collection of Harold Hugo (D. Hum. Wesleyan 1970), 1987
Accession Number:
1987.24.1
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
- nudes - Representations of unclothed human figures. [February 1998 related term added, "nudity"; alternate descriptor changed, was "nude". September 1990 descriptor added.]
Dimensions
- sheet Dimensions: 620 x 469 mm (24.4 x 18.5 in.)
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Credit Caption
George Grosz, German, (1893–1959) . Two Nudes, 1936. Charcoal drawing on wove paper. sheet : 620 x 469 mm (24.4 x 18.5 in.). DAC accession number 1987.24.1. Gift of Nancy and Greg Hugo from the collection of Harold Hugo (D. Hum. Wesleyan 1970), 1987. (photo: M. Cook) .