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

Details

George Grosz (1883-1959)
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)
gouache, watercolor and pen and India ink over pencil on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
18 7/8 x 13¾ in. (47.8 x 34.8 cm.)
Executed in 1924

Provenance

Estate of the artist.
Souffer Gallery, New York.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, circa 1985); sale, Christie's, New York, 3 May 2006, lot 239.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 2006.

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Lot Essay

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticty of this work.

In 1920, Grosz 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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