Attack (Attentat)
1915
George Grosz
Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph on laid paper
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Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Richard A. Simms and Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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Dimensions
image: 19.05 × 24.45 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
sheet: 24.13 × 32.23 cm (9 1/2 × 12 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
2017.100.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Duckers 1979, no. E 29
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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