Inscription: Signed and dated (center): CH. GROSS; (lower edge): 1928
the artist, New York (from 1928); his daughter Mimi Gross, New York (by 1974–82; her gift to MMA)
Montclair, N.J. Montclair Art Museum. "Chaim Gross: Sculpture and Drawings," January 23–March 27, 1977, no. 1 (lent by Mimi Gross Grooms).
Jewish Museum, New York. "Chaim Gross Retrospective Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Prints," May 26–October 24, 1977, no. 4 (lent by Mimi Gross Grooms, New York).
Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Art Museum. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–April 21, 1985, unnumbered cat. (p. 81).
Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," May 5–June 30, 1985, unnumbered cat.
New York. National Academy of Design. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," July 16–September 1, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Evanston, Ill. Terra Museum of American Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 15–November 10, 1985, unnumbered cat.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," November 12, 1985–January 19, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," February 9–March 30, 1986, unnumbered cat.
St. Paul. Minnesota Museum of Art. "The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," April 20–June 8, 1986, unnumbered cat.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. "The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis," June 20–November 10, 1991, no. 193.
Roslyn Harbor, N. Y. Nassau County Museum of Art. "American Realism Between the Wars, 1919 to 1941," April 10–June 5, 1994, unnumbered cat. (fig. 48).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Human Figure in Transition, 1900–1945: American Sculpture from the Museum's Collection," April 15–September 28, 1997, extended to March 29, 1998, unnum. brochure.
Frank Getlein. Chaim Gross. New York, 1974, p. 34, fig. 25, locates it in the collection of Mimi Gross Grooms, New York City.
Roberta K. Tarbell. Chaim Gross Retrospective Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat., Jewish Museum. New York, 1977, pp. 9–10, 31, no. 4.
Lisa M. Messinger. "Twentieth Century Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Notable Acquisitions, 1982–1983. New York, 1983, p. 69, ill.
Grace Glueck. "The Met Makes Room for the 20th Century." New York Times (September 18, 1983), p. H27.
Lowery Stokes Sims. The Figure in 20th Century American Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Jacksonville Art Museum. New York, 1984, pp. 71, 80–81, ill.
Richard F. Shepard. "Seeing the Evolution of New York City Through Artists' Eyes." New York Times (March 20, 1987), p. C26.
Paul Richard. "Mixing It Up At the Metropolitan: Standards & Surprises at the Museum's New Wallace Wing." Washington Post (February 1, 1987), p. F9.
Grace Glueck. "Of American Sculptors and the Human Figure." New York Times (June 6, 1997), p. C22.
Chaim Gross (American (born Austria), Wolow 1904–1991 New York)
ca. 1950
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