Couple / George Grosz
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.109
- Title
- Couple
- Artist
- George Grosz
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1893-1959
- Medium and Support
- ink on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1915
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Berlin (state)
- Berlin
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Berlin (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Berlin
- Style/Group/Movement
- Berlin Dada / Neue Sachlichkeit
- Inscription
- Signed with stamp in black ink: Grosz
- VERSO. Estate stamp in ink, lower left corner: Geo G Nachlass
- Inscribed within stamp, in ink: 3 39 1
- Inscribed in pencil above stamp, lower left corner: Ly Nr 1243
- Inscribed in pencil to the right of stamp, lower left edge: 1915 / TR 1479.71
- Dimensions
- 22.23 cm x 17.78 cm (8 3/4 in. x 7 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- line drawing
- Physical Description
- Man and woman at table. Man central figure, from top to bottom of image, with his right leg resting on his left knee and his face turned to look out, left. Man identified by detailed masculine face, short hair, pants and shirt with heeled shoes. Woman identified by skirt, heeled shoe, and hat. Only one foot visible, as she sits with her back to us. She is much smaller than the man's figure. Table has no visible support, no visible chairs, though figures appear to be sitting.
- Subject Matter
- Man and woman seated at a café table.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings
- components and systems
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
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- object groupings and systems
- object groupings by general context
- objects
- sets (groups)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2102 x 2685
- File Size
- 773 KB
- Record
- 2007/2.109
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.109/2007_2_109.jpg
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"Couple; George Grosz." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.109/2007_2_109.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
