A Hunger Fantasy

George Grosz, A Hunger Fantasy, ca. 1947, watercolor and ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.40, © 1947, George Grosz
George Grosz, A Hunger Fantasy, ca. 1947, watercolor and ink on paper, sheet: 25 3⁄8 x 19 in. (64.5 x 48.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.40, © 1947, George Grosz

Artwork Details

Title
A Hunger Fantasy
Artist
Date
ca. 1947
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 25 3⁄8 x 19 in. (64.5 x 48.3 cm)
Copyright
© 1947, George Grosz
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor and ink on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male
  • Recreation — leisure — eating and drinking
  • Object — foodstuff — wine
  • Object — foodstuff — bread
Object Number
1986.6.40
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.6.40

Artwork Description

In 1933, George Grosz immigrated to the United States to escape persecution from the growing Nazi presence in his native Germany. He had served in the German army during World War I but was disillusioned by corruption and greed in the Weimar Republic that followed and began exhibiting paintings critical of the privileged classes. A Hunger Fantasy, which shows a drooling creature greedily clutching wine, bread, and a sagging piece of meat, revisits his early condemnation of gluttony and self-indulgence.


Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection, 2014

Works by this artist (3 items)

Carolee Schneemann, Viet-Flakes, 1962-67, re-edited 2015, 16mm film transferred to digital video, toned black and white, sound; 08:31 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Frank K. Ribelin Endowment, 2019.21, © 2019 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Viet-Flakes
Artist
Date1962-67, re-edited 2015
16mm film transferred to digital video, toned black and white, sound; 08:31 minutes
Not on view
Carolee Schneemann, Viet Flakes, 1965, 16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.9, © 1965 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Viet Flakes
Artist
Date1965
16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes
Not on view
Carolee Schneemann, Fuses, 1964-1966, 29:51 minutes, color, silent, 16mm film on video, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.8, © 1964-1966 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Fuses
Artist
Date1964-1966
29:51 minutes, color, silent, 16mm film on video
Not on view

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