1960.139 George Grosz, Dallas Skyline

This vantage chosen by Grosz was somewhat atypical for postcard views of the city, but it allowed him a clear view of the skyscrapers that dominated the skyline of Dallas, most prominently the Mercantile Building, the Magnolia Building, the Davis Building, and the Adolphus hotel, where Grosz stayed when he visited Dallas to make sketches for the series Impressions of Dallas of which this work was a part.

Heather MacDonald, Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2012), 42.

Depicted location: Dallas (Texas/United States): TGN: 7013503

Oil on canvas

Until 1960: A. Harris and Company

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.

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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