George Grosz (1893-1959)

Der Spielleiter (recto); Zwei studiern den Spielleiter (verso)

Details

George Grosz (1893-1959)
Der Spielleiter (recto); Zwei studiern den Spielleiter (verso)
signed 'Grosz' (lower left) and titled and inscribed 'Der Spielleiter SportFÿp mit groBer Pfeife.."Androkles und der Löwe" G.B Shaw...Herr Baer' (lower right); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
watercolor, pen, India ink and pencil on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
18 7/8 x 13¾ in. (48 x 35 cm.)
Painted in 1924

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Souffer Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1985.

Sale room notice

Please note that Ralph Jentsch will include this work in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Grosz works on paper.

Please note that the correct provenance for this work is as follows:
Studio of the artist, Berlin (1924).
Estate of the artist (1959).
Souffer Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1985.

Lot Essay

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

In 1920, Grosz married his fiancé, Eva Louise Peter, and began work as a costume designer for his first play Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw. He would continue to create designs for the theater until 1930. The present work depicts a costume design presumably for the play Androcles and the Lion.

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