id:			146811
accession number:	1972.231
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.231
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:31.829000

Street Worker, 1930. George Grosz (German, 1893–1959). Watercolor; sheet: 66.3 x 47.8 cm (26 1/8 x 18 13/16 in.); image: 64 x 46.3 cm (25 3/16 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride 1972.231 ©  Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

title:				Street Worker
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creation date:			1930
creation date earliest:		1930
creation date latest:		1930
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creditline:			Bequest of Lucia McCurdy McBride
copyright:			©  Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

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culture:	Germany, Berlin, 20th century
technique:	watercolor
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - German
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* George Grosz (German, 1893–1959)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 66.3 x 47.8 cm (26 1/8 x 18 13/16 in.); Image: 64 x 46.3 cm (25 3/16 x 18 1/4 in.)
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	description:	cream(2) wove paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, lower right, in graphite: Grosz ; by artist, lower right, in graphite: Nº 8  Strassen arbeiter ; VERSO, by artist, lower right, in graphite: 8  Strassen arbeiter ; lower left, in graphite: 17 W ; lower left, in graphite: 26
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Water Colors from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1973-07-23T04:00:00
	<i>Water Colors from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 23-September 16, 1973).

	title:		Urban Vicissitudes
	opening date:   1985-07-02T04:00:00
	<i>Urban Vicissitudes</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 2-September 29, 1985).

	title:		Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War
	opening date:   1989-10-10T04:00:00
	<i>Cross Section: Graphic Art in Germany after the First World War</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 10, 1989-January 7, 1990).

	title:		Utopia and Alienation: German Art and Expressionsim, 1900-1935
	opening date:   1999-09-05T00:00:00
	<i>Utopia and Alienation: German Art and Expressionsim, 1900-1935</i>. Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (organizer) (September 5-December 17, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>German Painting and Sculpture</em>. Museum of Modern Art, New York (March 12–April 22, 1931).', 'opening_date': '1931-04-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Flechtheim Gallery, Berlin)
	date: by 1931
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	Lucia McCurdy McBride [1880-1970], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: after 1931-1970
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>German Painting and Sculpture</em>. Exh. Cat. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1931.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 23, no. 24; Reproduced: pl. 24
	url:		https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_1889_300061847.pdf?_ga=2.15935990.1945383561.1701883464-972219341.1684958099

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