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This work is sold with a photo-certificate by Ralph Jentsch.
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Grablegung ('He was a great provider')
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Grablegung ('He was a great provider')
signed, dated and inscribed 'Grosz 1930. To Bernard and Becky with love from George May 50' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour, wash, pen and India ink on paper
18¼ x 23 5/8 in. (46.2 x 60 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Grablegung ('He was a great provider')
signed, dated and inscribed 'Grosz 1930. To Bernard and Becky with love from George May 50' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour, wash, pen and India ink on paper
18¼ x 23 5/8 in. (46.2 x 60 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Provenance
Bernard and Becky Reis (Grosz's accountant), by whom acquired from the artist in 1950.
Manny Silvermann Gallery, New York (C97.2797).
Forum Gallery, New York (CG 3219).
Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1999.
Manny Silvermann Gallery, New York (C97.2797).
Forum Gallery, New York (CG 3219).
Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners in 1999.
Literature
Simplicissimus, Munich, 18 August 1930, p. 250 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Forum Gallery, Radical Views: Phillip Evergood and George Grosz, January - February 1998, pp. 16-17 (illustrated).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium