God of War

Modern Art

1940

George Grosz
American, born Germany, 1893-1959

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Modern Art

Artist: George Grosz
Title: God of War
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1940
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscriptions: verso: signed, dated, and labeled "George Grosz/ 1940/ Douglaston" "George Grosz Estate" stamp and estate number 1-11-3
Dimensions: 119.5 × 90 cm (47 × 35 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Promised Gift of Robert J. Buford
Reference Number: Obj: 241048

Ralph Jentsch, ed., George Grosz: Berlin-New York (Milan: Skira, 2008), cat. 308 (ill.).
Juerg M. Judin, ed., George Grosz: The Years in America, 1933–1958 (Berlin: Galerie Nolan Judin, 2009), pp. 148–49 (ill.).
Barbara McCloskey, The Exile of George Grosz: Modernism, America, and the One World Order (Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press, 2015), pp. 46 (ill.) and 47.

Hartford, CT, The Austin Arts Center of Trinity College, Widener Gallery, George Grosz 1893– 1959: “The New Objectivity”: Oils, Watercolors, Drawings, Sketch- Books, May 17–June 30, 1966, cat. 1.
Huntington, NY, The Heckscher Museum of Art, George Grosz: Works in Oil, July 1–Sept. 4, 1977, cat. 49.
Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, George Grosz: Works in Oil, Sept. 13, 1978– Jan. 14, 1979, cat. 25.
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, George Grosz: Berlin–New York, Dec. 21, 1994–Apr. 17, 1995, cat. IX.60.
New York, Associated American Artists Galleries, George Grosz: Berlin–New York, Dec. 12, 1995–Jan. 27, 1996, cat. 25.
Paris, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville, Années 30 en Europe: Le temps menaçant 1929–1939, Feb. 20–May 25, 1997, cat. Grosz-IX.
Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art, George Grosz: Berlin–New York, Apr. 8–May 21, 2000; Itami, City Museum of Art, June 10–July 30, 2000, Tochigi, Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Aug. 6–Sept. 24, 2000.
Berlin, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Kassandra: Visionen des Unheils 1914–1945, Nov. 19, 2008–Feb.22, 2009, cat. VII/49.
Berlin, Galerie Nolan Judin, George Grosz: The Years in America, 1933–1958, Feb. 18–Apr. 25, 2009, cat. 49.; New York, David Nolan Gallery, Sept. 16–Oct. 31, 2009.
Chicago, The Arts Club, George Grosz in America 1933–1958, May 12–July 23, 2010, no cat. no.

The artist, New York; by descent to his estate, 1959 [Estate no. 1-11- 3]; sold through the David Nolan Gallery, New York, to Robert J. Buford, Chicago, 2019; offered as a promised gift to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2019.

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