Inscription: Signed (front of base, carved): CH. GROSS.
the artist, New York (1938–42; sold to MMA)
New York. Whitney Museum of American Art. "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Drawings and Prints," January 24–February 17, 1939, no. 21.
Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Art in Our Time: An Exhibition to Celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of the Museum of Modern Art and the Opening of Its New Building," May 10–September 30, 1939, no. 290 (lent by the artist).
New York. Associated American Artists Galleries. "Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by the Art School Alumni of the Educational Alliance," October 7–22, 1940, no. 15.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Artists for Victory: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," December 7, 1942–February 22, 1943, unnumbered cat. (p. 26; awarded a Second Prize).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Artists for Victory: Prize Winners," March 8–May 10, 1943, no catalogue.
Boston. Institute of Modern Art. "Artists for Victory: Prize Winners," May 22–June 19, 1943, no catalogue.
Jewish Museum, New York. "Chaim Gross Retrospective Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Prints," May 26–October 24, 1977, no. 23.
Hartford. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. "Images from the World Between: The Circus in 20th Century American Art," October 19, 2001–January 8, 2002, unnumbered cat. (fig. 47).
Sarasota, Fla. John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. "Images from the World Between: The Circus in 20th Century American Art," February 1–April 14, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Austin Museum of Art. "Images from the World Between: The Circus in 20th Century American Art," June 7–August 19, 2002, unnumbered cat.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Art School Holds Anniversary Show." New York Times (October 8, 1940), p. 28.
A. Hyatt Mayor. Artists for Victory: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art. A Picture Book of the Prize Winners. New York, 1942, unpaginated, ill.
"Artists for Victory Score Victory in Metropolitan Exhibition." Art Digest 17 (December 15, 1942), p. 6, ill. p. 5.
Edward Alden Jewell. "Artists for Victory: Afterthoughts on the Huge Nation-Wide Survey at the Metropolitan Museum." New York Times (December 20, 1942), p. X9.
"Record Art Show Has $52,000 Prizes." New York Times (December 8, 1942), p. 30.
"Metropolitan Museum Opens Artists for Victory Exhibition." New York Herald Tribune (December 8, 1942), p. 21.
"The Met's Biggest." Newsweek 20 (December 14, 1942), p. 101.
Rosamund Frost. "Artists for Victory: Sculpture." Art News 41 (January 1–14, 1943), p. 15, ill.
Albert TenEyck Gardner. American Sculpture: A Catalogue of the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1965, pp. 177–78, ill.
Roberta K. Tarbell. Chaim Gross Retrospective Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Prints. Exh. cat., Jewish Museum. New York, 1977, pp. 10, 13, 31, no. 23.
Donna Gustafson. Images from the World Between: The Circus in 20th Century American Art. Exh. cat., Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Cambridge, Mass., 2001, pp. 48, 172, fig. 47 (color).
Chaim Gross (American (born Austria), Wolow 1904–1991 New York)
ca. 1950
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