Circe
Date
(c. 1925)
Artist
George Grosz, American, b. Berlin, Germany, 1893–1959
Provenance
Estate of the Artist, Princeton, 1959-c. 1960
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, from c. 1960
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, to 1962
America-Israel Cultural Foundation, New York, 1962
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, sale 2114, 16 May 1962, no. 28, p. 16
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1962-66
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
CITY ART GALLERY, York. "George Grosz: 1893-1959," 20 April-12 May 1963, no. 45, cat. p. 17. TOUR: ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY, London, 1-29 June 1963; CITY ART GALLERY, Bristol, 6-7 July 1963.
FORUM GALLERY AND E.V. THAW & CO., New York. "George Grosz, 1893-1959," 24 September-12 October 1963, no. 42.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 29, ill. p. 10.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "George Grosz: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection," 13 September 1978-14 January 1979, no. 18, ill. p. 27.
MEADOWS MUSEUM AND GALLERY, Dallas. "Classical Myth in Western Art: Ancient Through Modern," 1 November-22 December 1985. TOUR: AMARILLO ART CENTER, Texas, 12 January-2 March 1986.
MART, Rovereto, Italy. "Beauty and the Beasts," 10 December 2004-8 May 2005.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Strange Bodies," 11 December 2008-15 November 2009, no cat.
Published References
CURLIS, DR. HANS. Schaffende Hande: die Maler (Berlin: Werkkunst Verlag, G.M.B.H., 1926), ill. p. 23.
LERNER, ABRAM, ed. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), cat. no. 355, p. 699, colorpl., p. 257.
FINCH, CHRISTOPHER. Twentieth-Century Watercolors (New York: Abberville Press, 1988), no. 229, ill. p. 191.
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Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Accession Number
66.2263
Type
Drawing
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
24 1/4 x 19 1/4 in. Irreg. (61.5 x 48.9 cm)
