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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION, GERMANY
George Grosz (German, 1893-1959)
Horror Story (Illustration for Esquire Magazine)
Details
George Grosz (German, 1893-1959)
Horror Story (Illustration for Esquire Magazine)
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); stamped with the George Grosz Estate stamp and number 'George Grosz Nachlass 4-68-3' (on the reverse)
Reed pen and pen and ink on paper
18 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (46 x 57.5 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Horror Story (Illustration for Esquire Magazine)
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); stamped with the George Grosz Estate stamp and number 'George Grosz Nachlass 4-68-3' (on the reverse)
Reed pen and pen and ink on paper
18 1/8 x 22 5/8 in. (46 x 57.5 cm.)
Executed in 1938.
Provenance
Studio of the artist, Douglaston, New York, 1938.
George Grosz Estate, 1959.
Private Collection.
George Grosz Estate, 1959.
Private Collection.
Literature
T. C. McClary, "Two Men on a Hatch," Esquire, March 1938, p. 52 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Berlin, Moeller Fine Art, George Grosz, Esq. Drawings for Esquire Magazine, 20 April – 26 June, 2010.