The Wine is Sour

細節

George Grosz (1893-1959)
The Wine is Sour
signed and dated 'Grosz 1937' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp numbered '4.25.8' (on the reverse)
pen, brush and India ink and charcoal on paper
23¼ x 18 1/8 in. (59.1 x 46 cm.)
Executed in 1937 in Douglaston, Queens, New York

來源

The artist's estate.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Saul P. Steinberg; his sale, Christie's, New York, 19 May 1981, lot 163.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.

出版

Esquire, June 1937, p. 70 (illustrated).

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品專文

Ralph Jentsch has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this drawing, and will include it in his forthcoming George Grosz works on paper Catalogue raisonné.

This drawing was a illustration for the fiction The Wine is Sour by Arthur Tofte, published in the magazine Esquire in the June 1937 issue.