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George Grosz (1893-1959)
A Good Boy
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
A Good Boy
signed 'Grosz' (lower right) and titled 'a good boy' (lower center); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
brush and India ink over pencil on paper
23 3/8 x 18¼ in. (59.4 x 46.2 cm.)
Painted in 1937
A Good Boy
signed 'Grosz' (lower right) and titled 'a good boy' (lower center); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
brush and India ink over pencil on paper
23 3/8 x 18¼ in. (59.4 x 46.2 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner, by 1992.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner, by 1992.
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz 1912-1943, December 1984-Jauary 1985, no. 62 (illustrated).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo
dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 241, no. 255 (illustrated, p. 233).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo
dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 241, no. 255 (illustrated, p. 233).
Sale room notice
Please note the additional exhibition history for this work:
Milan, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz 1912-1943, December 1984-Jauary 1985, no. 62 (illustrated).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 241, no. 255 (illustrated, p. 233).
Milan, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz 1912-1943, December 1984-Jauary 1985, no. 62 (illustrated).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 241, no. 255 (illustrated, p. 233).