Harvard Art Museums > 2015.40: Blind Beggar Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Blind Beggar (George Grosz) , 2015.40,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/353379. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2015.40 People George Grosz, American (Berlin, Germany 1893 - 1959 Berlin, Germany) Title Blind Beggar Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1930 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/353379 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor on paper Dimensions 85.1 x 63.5 cm (33 1/2 x 25 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: l.r., in brown ink: Grosz 30 Berlin (not assigned): l.l., in graphite: No. 5 / illegible text Provenance Recorded Ownership History The artist; sold (Vera Lazuk Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor); to Richard and Frances Powers; by bequest; to Catherine Corum, Elizabeth Powers, Jane de Colgyll and Rebecca Scott, gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2015. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Given in loving memory of Richard Mather Powers and Frances Sutton Powers, a student of George Grosz, by their daughters Copyright © Estate of George Grosz / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 2015 Object Number 2015.40 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History George Grosz on Long Island, exh. cat., The Heckscher Museum of Art and The Huntington Township Art League (Huntington, Long Island, 1959), p. 5, cat. 44, ill. (b/w) Sabine Rewald, George Grosz in Berlin: The Relentless Eye, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 2022), pp. 139, 145, cat. no. 50, ill. (color) Exhibition History George Grosz on Long Island, The Heckscher Museum of Art, 11/07/1959 - 12/06/1959 32Q: 1320 Social Realism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/05/2016 - 03/29/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
