Approaching Storm

1940

Medium: Oil on canvas board
Dimensions: Overall: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Genre: Painting
Museum: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, US

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George Grosz, Approaching Storm, 1940. Oil on canvas board, overall: 15 15/16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 41.25. © Estate of George Grosz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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