A thin painter sits chained, creating canvases with hole-like bursts while rats explore the studio.

Drawings

The Painter of the Hole

1947

Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 25 9/16 × 18 15/16 in. (64.9 × 48.1 cm)
Accession number
48.8
Acquired
1948
Credit line
Purchase
Reproduction credit
© Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Department
collection

About this work

George Grosz, The Painter of the Hole, 1947. Watercolor on paper, sheet (Irregular): 25 9/16 × 18 15/16 in. (64.9 × 48.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 48.8. © Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Exhibitions featuring the artist

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