A gaunt, tattered figure plants a long pole with a dark flag while standing in murky water.

Drawings

Waving the Flag

1947–1948

Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 26 1/8 × 19 13/16 in. (66.4 × 50.3 cm)
Accession number
54.9
Acquired
1954
Credit line
Purchase and exchange
Reproduction credit
© Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

George Grosz, Waving the Flag, 1947–1948. Watercolor on paper, sheet (Irregular): 26 1/8 × 19 13/16 in. (66.4 × 50.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase and exchange 54.9. © Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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