George Grosz The Poet Max Herrmann-Neisse 1927
- MoMA, Floor 5, 514 The David Geffen Wing
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 23 3/8 x 29 1/8" (59.4 x 74 cm)
- Credit
- Purchase
- Object number
- 49.1952
- Copyright
- © 2025 Estate of George Grosz
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- George Grosz has 235 works online.
- There are 2,456 paintings online.
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German Painting and Sculpture
Mar 12–Apr 22, 1931
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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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German Art of the 20th Century
Oct 2–Dec 1, 1957
1 other work identified
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Art in a Changing World: 1884–1964: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection
May 27, 1964
8 other works identified
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Selections from the Collection (1993)
Mar 15–Jul 6, 1993
1 other work identified
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Making Choices
Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000
4 other works identified
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Making Choices
Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000
2 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
9 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
13 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
1 other work identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
4 other works identified
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
1 other work identified
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514: Weimar Citizens
Ongoing
11 other works identified
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514: Weimar Citizens
Ongoing
6 other works identified
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514: Weimar Citizens
Ongoing
5 other works identified
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514: Weimar Citizens
Ongoing
2 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.
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim (d. 1937), Berlin.1928 – [at least 1932]
Charlotte Weidler (b. Berlin 1895- d. New York 1983), Vienna, Berlin, and New York. By 1952
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York. 1952
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Curt Valentin, April 1952
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