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George Grosz

George Grosz

1893–1959

WA-00015256

Berlin, Germany

PaintingExpressionismDadaismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

77

Institutional Exhibitions

285

Works in Collection

527

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ107194

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Painters for the Theater

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Projects: Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

Field Verification (4 fields)

2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationGallery Generic· 72%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/george-grosz
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/george-grosz
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2374
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for George Grosz yet.

Graph relationships

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (285)

George Grosz letterhead (Letter to Schainwald)

George Grosz letterhead (Letter to Schainwald)

1958 · Letterpress

11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

George Grosz letterhead (Letter to Bernard Reis)

George Grosz letterhead (Letter to Bernard Reis)

1956 · Letterpress

11 5/8 × 8 1/4" (29.5 × 21 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Landscape with Sunbather

Landscape with Sunbather

1940 · Oil on canvas board

41 × 50.8 cm (16 1/8 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

God of War

1940 · Oil on canvas

119.5 × 90 cm (47 × 35 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cape Cod, No. 12

Cape Cod, No. 12

1939 · Watercolor, with gouache and touches of silver metallic paint, on ivory wove paper, prepared with a yellow watercolor wash

39.6 × 58.1 cm (15 5/8 × 22 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The End of a Perfect Day

The End of a Perfect Day

1939 · Drypoint on cream wove paper

Plate: 25.2 × 32.7 cm (9 15/16 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet: 31.2 × 39.9 cm (12 5/16 × 15 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Last Soldier

The Last Soldier

1937 · Watercolor, opaque watercolor and ink on paper

19 x 24 7/8" (48.3 x 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Central Park at Night

Central Park at Night

1936 · Watercolor, with gouache and touches of pen and black ink, selectively gum varnished, on ivory wove paper

50.6 × 35.5 cm (19 15/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Survivor

1936 · Pen and brush and black ink on off-white laid paper

48.5 × 63.3 cm (19 1/8 × 24 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Anna Peter, the Artist's Mother-in-Law

Anna Peter, the Artist's Mother-in-Law

1936 · Graphite on ivory laid paper

63.4 × 48.2 cm (25 × 19 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Draped Mannequin

Draped Mannequin

1936 · Charcoal on off-white laid paper

63.4 × 48.4 cm (25 × 19 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

No Let Up (Kein Ende in Sicht) from the portfolio Interregnum

No Let Up (Kein Ende in Sicht) from the portfolio Interregnum

1936 · Offset lithograph

composition (irreg.): 11 7/16 x 8 9/16" (29 x 21.8 cm); sheet: 15 15/16 x 11 7/16" (40.5 x 29.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1936 · Six from a portfolio of sixty-five photolithographs

composition (each approx.): 9 15/16 x 9 9/16" (25.3 x 24.3 cm); sheet (each approx.): 13 3/4 x 9 9/16" (34.9 x 24.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Ambassador of Good Will

1936 · Brush and pen and black ink and watercolor with opaque white paint on paper

19 × 25 in. (48.3 × 63.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tailpiece (page 64) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Tailpiece (page 64) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 2 3/4 × 2 3/16" (7 × 5.6 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 99) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Tailpiece (page 99) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 4 × 1 1/8" (10.2 × 2.8 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 1) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Headpiece (page 1) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 1 7/16 × 5 1/16" (3.6 × 12.8 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 63) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Tailpiece (page 63) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 2 11/16 × 3 9/16" (6.8 × 9.1 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 55) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Tailpiece (page 55) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 1 7/16 × 3 11/16" (3.6 × 9.4 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 100) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Headpiece (page 100) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 2 13/16 × 5 1/16" (7.1 × 12.8 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Headpiece (page 27) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Headpiece (page 27) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 2 13/16 × 2 13/16" (7.1 × 7.1 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tailpiece (page 91) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Tailpiece (page 91) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 4 3/16 × 4 3/4" (10.7 × 12.1 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Colophon (page 223) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

Colophon (page 223) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 2 1/16 × 3 1/16" (5.2 × 7.7 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 97) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

In-text plate (page 97) from The Voice of the City and Other Stories

1935 · Line block from an illustrated book with twenty-six line block and twenty-one offset lithography reproductions

composition (irreg.): 2 15/16 × 4 13/16" (7.5 × 12.2 cm); page (each): 10 1/4 × 7 3/8" (26 × 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

285 published of 520 catalogued · 512 with image

MoMA
235 publishedof 470 catalogued465 img
Art Institute Chicago
44 published44 img
Tate
3 published3 img
The Met
2 published
Whitney
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

A Married Couple
1930 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy artwork: Untitled lithograph

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Lovers (1939)

Artsy

Artsy artwork: Akademie der Künste by George Grosz. Rare Vintage Exhibition Poster (1962)

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Artsy artwork: Ritratto di Eva Grosz (1937)

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Artsy artwork: Evening

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Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

George Grosz (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Relationships

12

Movements4

Expressionism Dadaism Surrealism Bauhaus

Collections8

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Oct 2025	€6,000 – €8,000	Unsold