Ravaged Landscape

Details

George Grosz (1893-1959)
Ravaged Landscape
signed 'GROSZ' (lower left); signed, dated and inscribed 'George Grosz pictor 1945 DOUGLASTON Lg Is' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
20 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (52.2 x 66.6 cm.)
Painted 1938-1945

Provenance

Associated American Artists Galleries, New York.
The Edward James Foundation, England; sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 1985, lot 167.
Galerie Kurt Kalb, Vienna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Lot Essay

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Dated 1945 on the reverse of the canvas, this picture was started in 1938, according to the artist's notes on the stretcher.

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