DrawingsGerman20th century

Sketch for Industrial Landscape

1934

Artists

Carl GrossbergArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite and transparent watercolor on off-white wove paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

31.1 × 92.1 cm (12 1/4 × 36 1/4 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, 2019.

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