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Der Dank des Vaterlandes (recto); Die Rutschbahn (verso)
Details
GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Der Dank des Vaterlandes (recto); Die Rutschbahn (verso)
with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '2-120-2' (verso)
watercolour, brush, reed pen, pen and India ink and pencil on buff paper (recto); pen and ink and pencil on buff paper (verso)
19 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. (49 x 37.2 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Der Dank des Vaterlandes (recto); Die Rutschbahn (verso)
with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '2-120-2' (verso)
watercolour, brush, reed pen, pen and India ink and pencil on buff paper (recto); pen and ink and pencil on buff paper (verso)
19 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. (49 x 37.2 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
The artist’s estate (no. 2-120-2).
Ilse Schweinsteiger Kunsthandel, Munich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 11 November 1999.
Ilse Schweinsteiger Kunsthandel, Munich.
Acquired from the above by the present owner on 11 November 1999.
Literature
Recto: W. Schuster, Der Dank des Vaterlandes, Leipzig, 1921 (the final state illustrated on the cover).
Verso: I. Ježower, Die Rutschbahn. Das Buch vom Abenteurer, Berlin, 1922 (the final state illustrated on the cover).
Exh. cat., Man in the Middle - From the Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt, 2002, p. 90 (recto illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Verso: I. Ježower, Die Rutschbahn. Das Buch vom Abenteurer, Berlin, 1922 (the final state illustrated on the cover).
Exh. cat., Man in the Middle - From the Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt, 2002, p. 90 (recto illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Munich, Ilse Schweinsteiger, George Grosz, 1999, no. 71.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further details
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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