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In his images of the bustling streets and diverse crowds of downtown Dallas, George Grosz relies on his facility with the depiction of social type, honed during his career as a satirist in Berlin. In Front of the Hotel describes the passage of pedestrians on Commerce Street as a compendium of local types: the smart woman, the boorish businessman, the urban cowboy, the tough guy, the hayseed, and, turned away from us, the African American newspaper seller. This was an unlikely array of local diversity to have been found together on a Dallas street in 1952. It was probably an imaginative collage of people Grosz observed over the course of his four-day visit.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2012), 61.
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Created in 1952
Object File Reviewed
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2012:
This watercolor describes the passage of pedestrians on Commerce Street, in front of the Adolphus Hotel, as a collection of local "types:" the smart woman, the boorish businessman, the urban cowboy, the tough guy, the hayseed, and, turned away from us, the African American newspaper seller. This unlikely array was most likely an imaginative collage of people Grosz observed over the course of his four-day visit.
In Front of the Hotel captures the spirit of Grosz's New York street scenes. Even though he is depicting a different set of types, one specific to Dallas, Grosz works in a familiar mode, deftly and efficiently characterizing each figure and combining them to suggest a possible narrative.
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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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General Description
In his images of the bustling streets and diverse crowds of downtown Dallas, George Grosz relies on his facility with the depiction of social type, honed during his career as a satirist in Berlin. In Front of the Hotel describes the passage of pedestrians on Commerce Street as a compendium of local types: the smart woman, the boorish businessman, the urban cowboy, the tough guy, the hayseed, and, turned away from us, the African American newspaper seller. This was an unlikely array of local diversity to have been found together on a Dallas street in 1952. It was probably an imaginative collage of people Grosz observed over the course of his four-day visit.
Excerpt from
Heather MacDonald, Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2012), 61.
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Created in 1952
Object File Reviewed
Heather MacDonald, DMA label copy, 2012:
This watercolor describes the passage of pedestrians on Commerce Street, in front of the Adolphus Hotel, as a collection of local "types:" the smart woman, the boorish businessman, the urban cowboy, the tough guy, the hayseed, and, turned away from us, the African American newspaper seller. This unlikely array was most likely an imaginative collage of people Grosz observed over the course of his four-day visit.
In Front of the Hotel captures the spirit of Grosz's New York street scenes. Even though he is depicting a different set of types, one specific to Dallas, Grosz works in a familiar mode, deftly and efficiently characterizing each figure and combining them to suggest a possible narrative.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location: Dallas (Texas/United States): TGN: 7013503
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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