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Title:Still Life with Walnuts
Artist:George Grosz (American (born Germany), Berlin 1893–1959 Berlin)
Date:1937
Medium:Oil on canvas board
Dimensions:24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:George A. Hearn Fund, 1939
Object Number:39.48.2
Inscription: Signed, dated, and inscribed (verso): George Grosz / 1937 / Douglaston
the artist, Douglaston, N. Y. (1937–39; sold through the Walker Galleries, New York to MMA)
Art Institute of Chicago. "George Grosz: A Survey of His Art from 1918 to 1938," December 15, 1938–January 15, 1939, no catalogue (checklist, oil painting no. 4, as "Still Life [Big apple, etc.]").
New York. Walker Galleries. "George Grosz," March 20–April 15, 1939, no. 10 (as "Still Life with Big Apple").
Iowa City. State University of Iowa. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," January 4–25, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines Fine Arts Association. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," February 1–22, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Kansas City, Mo. William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," March 1–22, 1941, unnumbered cat.
San Francisco. M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," March 29–April 19, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Seattle. Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," April 26–May 17, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Honolulu Academy of Arts. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," June 17–August 13, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," October 7–November 2, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Baton Rouge. Louisiana State University Museum of Art. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," November 24–December 6, 1941, unnumbered cat.
Cambridge, Mass. Germanic Museum, Harvard University. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," January 5–26, 1942, unnumbered cat.
Cincinnati Modern Art Society. "George Grosz: A Retrospective Exhibition of His Art," February 10–March 1, 1942, unnumbered cat.
Milwaukee Art Institute. "Paintings, Drawings, Prints by George Grosz," March 8–29, 1942, unnumbered cat.
Nashville. Carl Van Vechten Gallery, Fisk University. "24th Annual Festival of Music and Art: Metropolitan Exhibit, 20th Century American Still-life Painting," April 23–May 6, 1953, no catalogue.
Huntington, N. Y. Heckscher Museum. "George Grosz: Works in Oil," July 1–September 4, 1977, no. 36.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Still Life: 1915–1950," February 1, 1995–January 28, 1996, no catalogue.
Richmond, Va. Marsh Art Gallery. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1997, no. 14.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 23, 1997, no. 14.
Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 20–August 15, 1997, no. 14.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–November 7, 1997, no. 14.
Palm Beach, Fla. The Society of the Four Arts. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 9–February 8, 1998, no. 14.
Salina, Kansas. Salina Art Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 6–May 3, 1998, no. 14.
James J. Rorimer. "Notes: Contemporary American Paintings." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 34 (April 1939), p. 101, calls it "Still Life with Apple".
"Art Notes: Events in New York and Elsewhere." New York Times (April 23, 1939), p. 131, calls it "Still Life with Apple".
"Museum Acquires 7 More Paintings." New York Times (April 22, 1939), p. 21, calls it "Still Life with Apple".
"Art Throughout America. New York: Winlock's Resignation and U.S. Purchases at the Metropolitan." Art News 37 (April 22, 1939), p. 17, calls it "Still-Life with Apple".
"Museum Buys 7 Paintings by Artists in U.S." New York Herald Tribune (April 22, 1939), p. 15.
Elizabeth McCausland. "Work of George Grosz in Two Exhibitions." Springfield Sunday Union and Republican (October 19, 1941), p. 6.
Ruth Campbell. "Art Collection in Fisk Show Impressive." Nashville Tennessean (April 24, 1953), p. 52.
Hans Hess. George Grosz. New Haven, 1985, p. 206, fig. 192.
Lowery Stokes Sims inStill Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, p. 48.
Sabine Rewald inStill Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, pp. 54, 168, no. 14, ill. p. 55 (color).
Birgit Möckel. George Grosz in Amerika: 1932–1959. PhD diss., Universität Karlsruhe. Frankfurt, 1997, pp. 109, 514, no. 321, pl. 71, calls it "Still Life with Big Apple / Still Life with Walnuts and Big Apple (Stilleben mit Walnüssen)".
"Philbrook Museum Presents 'Still Life'." Henryetta Daily Free-Lance (October 16, 1997), p. 3.
Lowery Stokes Sims and Sabine Rewald. "Still Life: The Object in American Art." American Art Review 9 (September–October 1997), ill. p. 141 (color).
"'Still Life' the Focus of State Museum Exhibition." Post-Star (May 28, 1998), p. 13.
Dan England. "Still Life: Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibit Shows Most Basic of Art Forms Still Has Plenty of Life." Salina Journal (March 6, 1998), ill. p. D1 (detail).
Gary Schwan. "Still Life: Still Lively." Palm Beach Post (January 4, 1998), p. 2J.
Harry Rosenfeld. "Art Offers a Rosier Picture of 20th Century." Times Union (June 7, 1998), p. B5.
"American Still Lifes at NYS Museum." Northeast (June 1998), p. 44, ill. p. 1.
Timothy Cahill. "The Met Sends a Still-Life Show to Albany." Times Union (February 15, 1998), p. I6, ill.
George Grosz (American (born Germany), Berlin 1893–1959 Berlin)
1920
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