Attack (Attentat)

1915

George Grosz

Artist, American, born Germany, 1893 - 1959

Unknown

Printer

unpublished

Publisher

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Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Carolyn Bullard Fine Prints and Drawings, Dallas, Texas); acquired 2017 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2024

  • The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

Bibliography

1979

  • Duckers, Alexander. George Grosz: Das druckgraphische Werk. Frankfurt am Main: Propylaen Verlag, 1979, no. E 29.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 6 [?]; lower right in graphite: GROSZ; upper right corner in graphite by unknown hand: K; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Lo Nr 237; lower left verso in graphite and black ink by unknown hand: 7 / 210 / 7; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 9833

Markings

stamped lower left verso in purple ink: George Grosz Nachlass

Wikidata ID

Q77260251


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