The Wine is Sour

Details

George Grosz (1893-1959)
The Wine is Sour
signed and dated 'Grosz 1937' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp numbered '4.25.8' (on the reverse)
pen, brush and India ink and charcoal on paper
23¼ x 18 1/8 in. (59.1 x 46 cm.)
Executed in 1937 in Douglaston, Queens, New York

Provenance

The artist's estate.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Saul P. Steinberg; his sale, Christie's, New York, 19 May 1981, lot 163.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.

Literature

Esquire, June 1937, p. 70 (illustrated).

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Ralph Jentsch has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this drawing, and will include it in his forthcoming George Grosz works on paper Catalogue raisonné.

This drawing was a illustration for the fiction The Wine is Sour by Arthur Tofte, published in the magazine Esquire in the June 1937 issue.

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