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George Grosz, a flashy dresser himself, was particularly taken with the style of the cowboys and found "a certain grace" in their characteristic attire: colorful shirts, dungarees, and pointed boots that "make the biggest foot 'dainty.'" He also keenly observed their physical attitudes, describing and even demonstrating them to a reporter: "'one is motionless in the corner,' he says, 'for hours. From time to time he spits.' Then [Grosz] sits on his left heel, his right knee forward. 'Or they sit—they squat, like this—for hours." Grosz reprises the motif of the squatting figure in Cowboy in Town.
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Heather MacDonald, Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2012), 61-62.
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Created in 1952
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Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2012:
Grosz, who was himself a flashy dresser, was particularly taken with the style of the cowboys he saw in Dallas and found "a certain grace" in their characteristic attire: colorful shirts, dungarees, and pointed boots, which he said could make event the largest foot seem "dainty." He also keenly observed the cowboys physical attitudes, noting that they sat motionless for hours, squatting on their heels, one knee forward. in this watercolor, Grosz depicts the characteristic postures of the cowboys he observed, one squatting and one walking confidently toward us.
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From 1960: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of A. Harris and Company in memory of Leon A. Harris, Sr. [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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UMO: 13310072 The History and Culture of George Grosz's Dallas, Gallery talk by Carol Roark
UMO: 13310104 Reflections on George Grosz, Gallery talk with Marty Grosz, George Grosz's son
UMO: 13310145 Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas, Gallery talk by Alan Govenar
UMO: 13316195 Frontier Fantasies Meet Frontier Realities: George Grosz in Dallas in 1952, Late Night Lecture by Barbara McCloskey
UMO: 13317549 Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas, Gallery talk by Dr. Heather MacDonald
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George Grosz, a flashy dresser himself, was particularly taken with the style of the cowboys and found "a certain grace" in their characteristic attire: colorful shirts, dungarees, and pointed boots that "make the biggest foot 'dainty.'" He also keenly observed their physical attitudes, describing and even demonstrating them to a reporter: "'one is motionless in the corner,' he says, 'for hours. From time to time he spits.' Then [Grosz] sits on his left heel, his right knee forward. 'Or they sit—they squat, like this—for hours." Grosz reprises the motif of the squatting figure in Cowboy in Town.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2012), 61-62.
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Created in 1952
Object File Reviewed
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2012:
Grosz, who was himself a flashy dresser, was particularly taken with the style of the cowboys he saw in Dallas and found "a certain grace" in their characteristic attire: colorful shirts, dungarees, and pointed boots, which he said could make event the largest foot seem "dainty." He also keenly observed the cowboys physical attitudes, noting that they sat motionless for hours, squatting on their heels, one knee forward. in this watercolor, Grosz depicts the characteristic postures of the cowboys he observed, one squatting and one walking confidently toward us.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location: Texas (state/United States): TGN: 7007826
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1960: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of A. Harris and Company in memory of Leon A. Harris, Sr. [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
AUDIO ASSETS
UMO: 13310072 The History and Culture of George Grosz's Dallas, Gallery talk by Carol Roark
UMO: 13310104 Reflections on George Grosz, Gallery talk with Marty Grosz, George Grosz's son
UMO: 13310145 Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas, Gallery talk by Alan Govenar
UMO: 13316195 Frontier Fantasies Meet Frontier Realities: George Grosz in Dallas in 1952, Late Night Lecture by Barbara McCloskey
UMO: 13317549 Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas, Gallery talk by Dr. Heather MacDonald
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