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Exhibition History"Chaim Gross: A Retrospective," Jewish Museum, N.Y., May 26 - Oct. 24, 1977

"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, July 15 - Aug. 14, 1960

"Four American Expressionists: Doris Caesar, Chaim Gross, Karl Knaths, Abraham Rattner," Whitney Museum of American Art, Jan. 14 - Mar. 1, 1959, (circulated to: Currier Gallery of Art, April 8 - May 10, 1959; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, May 24 - June 30, 1959; Columbus Gallery of Art, July 15 - Aug. 30, 1959; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Nov. 22 - Jan. 3, 1960) (Another cast)

"Art To-Day," Des Moines Art Center, Feb. 2 - Mar. 2, 1958 (purchased from exhibition)
Published References"Rosenfield Collection," Des Moines Art Center, 1960, exh. cat. ill.

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. pp.78 & 79

"Chaim Gross: A Retrospective," Jewish Museum, N. Y., 1977, exh. cat. no.51, ref. p.14, ill. p.23

Frank Getlein, CHAIM GROSS, Abrams, N.Y., 1974, ill. pl.153

"Four American Expressionists: Doris Caesar, Chaim Gross, Karl Knaths, Abraham Rattner," Whitney Museum of American Art, 1959, exh. cat. ill. p.65
DimensionsOverall: 11 3/8 × 5 3/4 × 10 in. (28.9 × 14.6 × 25.4 cm)
Accession Number 1958.25
Classificationssculpture
InscriptionsChaim Gross 1 (bronze base anatomical right side) Bedi-Rassy NY (bronze base anat. left side bottom edge)
Edition1 / 6
Provenance(Duveen-Graham Gallery, New York); Des Moines Art Center [purchased from the previous, 1958]
Baby Balancing (Happy Baby)
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Richard Sanders, Des Moines