Grosz, GeorgeGerman, 1893–1959Circe (recto); Untitled (verso)
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Where is “Circe (recto); Untitled (verso)” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- 73.1981.a-b
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In the life of Grosz, George
The whole life1924–1925
Back in Paris
Grosz lives in Paris again (in 1924–1925 and once more in 1927); at the same time his work is shown at the first exhibition of German art in Moscow.
22 May 1926
Son born: Peter M. Grosz
28 July 1928 – 12 August 1928
Took part in: 1928 Summer Olympics
10 December 1928
Convicted of blasphemy: “Christ in a gas mask”
Grosz and his publisher Wieland Herzfelde are prosecuted and fined on charges of blasphemy and sacrilege for two anticlerical drawings in the portfolio Hintergrund (Background): one shows prisoners assaulted by a minister who vomits grenades and weapons onto them, the other a crucified Christ in a World War I gas mask and combat boots.
1928–1933 · Residence
Wilmersdorf
1929
Acquitted by the Reichsgericht in Berlin
After two appeals Grosz and his publisher are finally acquitted by the Reichsgericht in Berlin; the judge decides that it was not an offence to religion but an attack on militarism.
![The End of the Road (Out of Fear of Starvation) [Das Ende des Weges (Aus Nahrungssorgen)], George Grosz, 1913](https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjEyMTkwNyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDEwMjR4MTAyNFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=864379f3ce59af36)
