New York Harbor
Grosz achieved early recognition for his biting portrayals of Weimar-era Berlin, satirizing the culture’s hypocrisy, military platitudes, and wealthy businessmen, as in Berlin Street (1931), on view in this gallery. A pioneer of the Dada movement, he left Berlin in 1932 to settle in New York. While his characteristic cynicism continued to inform certain of his works in the United States, he also branched out in new directions. He painted this vivid watercolor of the skyline and harbor after only recently settling in Manhattan. Although boats and office buildings indicate commercial activity, Grosz’s emphasis is not the metropolis’s bustling crowds, but rather the spectacle and grandeur of the city itself.
Artwork Details
- Title: New York Harbor
- Artist: George Grosz (American (born Germany), Berlin 1893–1959 Berlin)
- Date: 1936
- Medium: Watercolor and ink on paper
- Dimensions: 18 3/8 × 13 1/2 in. (46.7 × 34.3 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: George A. Hearn Fund, 1939
- Object Number: 39.48.1
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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