The Onlookers (Die Zuschauer) / George Grosz
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2007/2.120
- Title
- The Onlookers (Die Zuschauer)
- Artist
- George Grosz
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1893-1959
- Medium and Support
- ink on wove paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1915-1916
- 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
- Artist's stamp in black ink, bottom right corner: Grosz
- Artist's handwriting in black ink, top right corner: Zuschauer
- Unidentified watermark in paper
- ON VERSO.
- Inscribed in pencil, right: 48 / LyNr 1246
- Inscribed in pencil, bottom center edge: 7 in circle
- Inscribed in pencil, bottom right edge: 1915-16 / (inscribed in ink) 3 39 10
- [KKR: The last sequence of numbers is the estate ID]
- Inscribed in pencil, lower left: TR 1479.121
- Dimensions
- 32.39 cm x 20.96 cm (12 3/4 in. x 8 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- line drawing
- Physical Description
- 5 men sitting, in various states of watching. 1 man in first "row," in hat, facing left with arms crossed. In 2nd row, three men - (l) head in hands, legs crossed; (c) man in suit and hat, looking at viewer, hand in groin; (r) slumped figure in hat and suit, spectacles, covers groin, looks at ground. 1 man in last row, in hat, looks to the left.
- Subject Matter
- 5 men sit on what appear to be benches, in various states of looking at their environs.
- Secondary Keywords
- europe (continent)
- geographic and political locations
- men
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2317 x 3709
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.120
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.120/2007_2_120.jpg
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"The Onlookers (Die Zuschauer); George Grosz." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.120/2007_2_120.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
