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George Grosz
Kriegszene1915

Not on view
Drawing in black ink and colored pencil on cream paper, depicting a chaotic battle scene with dozens of figures, horses, a wheeled cannon, and smoke-filled sky with a church steeple
Artist or Maker
George Grosz
Germany, also active United States, 1893-1959
Title
Kriegszene
Date Made
1915
Medium
Ink and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 3/4 in. (27.31 × 22.23 cm) Frame: 17 3/4 × 14 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (45.09 × 37.15 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Mary M. Looker
Accession Number
M.2016.128.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Provenance
The artist (1893-1959). [B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago]; sold to the Dr. Eugene A. Solow Collection, Chicago in 1966; The Estate of Dr. Eugene A. Solow, Chicago. [Christie's, New York]; sold on May 1, 1996 to Robert Looker (1922-2012) and Mary Looker (1925-2025) (lot 279); given in 2016 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Gifts from Mary and Robert Looker, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 2017. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2017.
  • Benson, Timothy O. Imagined Fronts: The Great War and Global Media. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023.