Lot Essay
This drawing is sold with a photo-certificate from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz.
Abschied (recto); Bei jedem Schlag Brüllte Gilkan Einen Neuen Fluch zu Upton Sinclair "100 (verso)
Details
George Grosz (1883-1959)
Abschied (recto); Bei jedem Schlag Brüllte Gilkan Einen Neuen Fluch zu Upton Sinclair "100 (verso)
signed 'GROSZ' (recto, lower right); signed 'GROSZ' (verso, lower right)
pen and India ink on paper (recto & verso)
25½ x 20 3/8 in. (64.2 x 51.8 cm.)
Executed in 1920
Abschied (recto); Bei jedem Schlag Brüllte Gilkan Einen Neuen Fluch zu Upton Sinclair "100 (verso)
signed 'GROSZ' (recto, lower right); signed 'GROSZ' (verso, lower right)
pen and India ink on paper (recto & verso)
25½ x 20 3/8 in. (64.2 x 51.8 cm.)
Executed in 1920
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1984, lot 181.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 October 1987, lot 80.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 October 1987, lot 80.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
London, The Piccadilly Gallery, George Grosz, December 1973.
Gavirate, Varese, Chiostro di Voltorre, Le carte di Grosz, May - September 1995 (illustrated p. 55).
Gavirate, Varese, Chiostro di Voltorre, Le carte di Grosz, May - September 1995 (illustrated p. 55).
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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Cornelia Svedman
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