Lot Essay
Ralph Jentsch will include this drawing in his forthcoming Grosz catalogue raisonné of works on paper.
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Seid Fruchtbar und Mehret Euch (recto); Strassenszene (verso)
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Seid Fruchtbar und Mehret Euch (recto); Strassenszene (verso)
stamped with signature 'Grosz' (lower right); titled 'Seid Fruchtbar und Mehret Euch' (center); with Nachlass stamp (upper left); stamped again with signature 'Grosz' (on the reverse)
pen and India ink over pencil on paper
25½ x 20½ in. (64.8 x 52.1 cm.)
Drawn in 1922
Seid Fruchtbar und Mehret Euch (recto); Strassenszene (verso)
stamped with signature 'Grosz' (lower right); titled 'Seid Fruchtbar und Mehret Euch' (center); with Nachlass stamp (upper left); stamped again with signature 'Grosz' (on the reverse)
pen and India ink over pencil on paper
25½ x 20½ in. (64.8 x 52.1 cm.)
Drawn in 1922
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Erich Cohn, New York.
Richard Cohn, New York (by descent from the above).
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York.
Jack H. Berger.
Erich Cohn, New York.
Richard Cohn, New York (by descent from the above).
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York.
Jack H. Berger.