George Grosz Metropolis (Grossstadt) 1917
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- 26 3/4 x 18 3/4" (68 x 47.6 cm)
- Credit
- Purchase
- Object number
- 136.1946
- Copyright
- © 2025 Estate of George Grosz
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- George Grosz has 235 works online.
- There are 18,038 drawings online.
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Recent Acquisitions in Painting and Sculpture
Sep 24–Nov 17, 1946
2 other works identified
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XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
Oct 19, 1954–Feb 6, 1955
2 other works identified
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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
Nov 18–29, 1959
5 other works identified
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
1 other work identified
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
4 other works identified
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Dada
Jun 18–Sep 11, 2006
4 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
7 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
2 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
7 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
7 other works identified
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This work is included in the Provenance Research Project, which investigates the ownership history of works in MoMA's collection.
The artist; acquired by Sally Falk (1888-1962), Mannheim, 1918 [1]; sold to Rudolf Pfrunder, Zurich, January 6, 1919 [2]; sold to J. B. Neumann (1887-1961), Berlin, October 1919 [3]. Wilhelm Landmann [William Landman] (1891-1986), Mannheim/Amsterdam/Toronto, by 1939 [4]; sold to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 24, 1946.
[1] Roland Dorn et al., Stiftung und Sammlung Sally Falk, Mannheim: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1994, p. 136.
[2] Ibid., p. 162. On deposit at the Kunsthalle Mannheim since May 1918 (title: Café).
[3] Ibid.
[4] Date of acquisition unknown. On loan from Landmann to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, from 1939-1946. See Gregor Langfeld, Duitse kunst in Nederland: 1919-1964, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2004, p. 164.
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