Lot Essay
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Meine Lieblingsdichterin ist die courths-mahler!! Verstanden?!
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Meine Lieblingsdichterin ist die courths-mahler!! Verstanden?!
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
22 3/8 x 17 in. (57 x 43 cm.)
Drawn in 1921
Meine Lieblingsdichterin ist die courths-mahler!! Verstanden?!
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
22 3/8 x 17 in. (57 x 43 cm.)
Drawn in 1921
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Anon. sale, Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27-29 May 1974, lot 696.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 1985, lot 99.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1995.
Anon. sale, Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 27-29 May 1974, lot 696.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 18 October 1985, lot 99.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1995.
Literature
H. Reimann, Hedwig Courths-Mahler. Schlichte Geschichten fürs traute Heim, Zurich, 1922, p. 61.
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Meta Nierendorf, George Grosz, Ohne Hemmung. Gesicht und Kehrseite der Jahre 1914-1924, October 1962-January 1963, no. 90 (illustrated).
Milan, Galleria del Levanto, Disegni e acquarelli di G. Grosz, February 1963, no. 36 (illustrated).
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Twenties in Berlin, November 1978-January 1979, no. 21.
Milan, Galleria del Levanto, Disegni e acquarelli di G. Grosz, February 1963, no. 36 (illustrated).
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Twenties in Berlin, November 1978-January 1979, no. 21.