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The Ambassador of Good Will

George Grosz American, born Germany
1936
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Ambassador of Good Will
  • Artist: George Grosz (American (born Germany), Berlin 1893–1959 Berlin)
  • Date: 1936
  • Medium: Brush and pen and black ink and watercolor with opaque white paint on paper
  • Dimensions: 19 × 25 in. (48.3 × 63.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Priscilla A. B. Henderson, in memory of her grandfather, Russell Sturgis, a founder of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.113.1
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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