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 3819 in. (64.548.3 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 3819 in. (64.548.3 cm)
Copyright
© 1947, George Grosz
Credit Line
Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor and ink on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — foodstuff — bread
  • Object — foodstuff — wine
  • Recreation — leisure — eating and drinking
  • Figure male
Object Number
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 (9 items)

Edward Hopper, Ryder's House, 1933, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design, 1981.76
Ryder’s House
Date1933
oil on canvas
On view
Edward Hopper, People in the Sun, 1960, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., 1969.47.61
People in the Sun
Date1960
oil on canvas
On view
Edward Hopper, Cape Cod Morning, 1950, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1986.6.92
Cape Cod Morning
Date1950
oil on canvas
On view
Edward Hopper, (Standing Nude), n.d., charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Exchange with the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1972.16
(Standing Nude)
Daten.d.
charcoal on paper
Not on view