Study for Industrial Landscape

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Description

This diptych painting is a 1:20 scale model for a wall painting completed in 1934 that originally measured 150 feet wide. It is executed on two panels hinged at the center to fold open.

Dimensions

61 × 227.6 × 1.3 cm (24 × 89 5/8 × 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Carl Grossberg, Sommerhausen (1934-1940), by inheritance; to Carl Grossberg Nachlass, Sommerhausen, sold; [through Galerie Hasenclever, Munich, 2018] to Merrill C. Berman, New York, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2018. Footnotes: The provenance of this work appears in "Carl Grossberg: Industry and Architecture" (Munich: Galerie Michael Hasenclever, 2018) n.p. [no. 7].