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Seated Female Nude
Seated Female Nude

Seated Female Nude

George Grosz (German (active Germany and United States), 1893–1959)
about 1930s-40s
Medium/TechniqueGraphite pencil on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 62.6 × 48 cm (24 5/8 × 18 7/8 in.)
Framed: 76.8 × 61.6 cm (30 1/4 × 24 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Nancy Greenhouse in memory of Alfred and Naomi Stern
Accession number2017.4077
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: No. 53 Akt; b.c.: 4 Nude; l.r.: Grosz; verso, in red pencil, l.l.: 30 [illeg]; in graphite, l.r.: No. 15 USA; crossed out: No. 2 [illeg]ProvenanceVera Lazuk Gallery, Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island; November 15, 1959, sold by Vera Lazuk Gallery to Naomi Stern, New York; 2000, by decent to her husband, Alfred Stern, New York; 2006, by decent to his cousin, Nancy Greenhouse, Newton, MA; 2017, gift of Nancy Greenhouse to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 2017)