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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Orgie
Details
GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Orgie
signed and numbered 'Grosz 1' (lower right); signed again and numbered 'Grosz No. 43' (lower left)
watercolour, reed pen and pen and ink on paper
20 1⁄8 x 19 ¾ in. (51.2 x 50.2 cm.)
Executed in 1922
Orgie
signed and numbered 'Grosz 1' (lower right); signed again and numbered 'Grosz No. 43' (lower left)
watercolour, reed pen and pen and ink on paper
20 1⁄8 x 19 ¾ in. (51.2 x 50.2 cm.)
Executed in 1922
Provenance
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 December 1977, lot 150.
Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne.
Konrad Mönter, Dusseldorf.
Fischer Fine Art, London (no. K14.303).
Marvin & Janet Fishman, Milwaukee, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 February 2006, lot 13.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 2 February 2010, lot 36.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 12 November 2015, lot 57c.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 6 December 1977, lot 150.
Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne.
Konrad Mönter, Dusseldorf.
Fischer Fine Art, London (no. K14.303).
Marvin & Janet Fishman, Milwaukee, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 February 2006, lot 13.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 2 February 2010, lot 36.
Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, New York, 12 November 2015, lot 57c.
Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H. Jörn, Ostfriesland Journal, Leer, October 1991, p. 79 (illustrated).
S. Wikström, Gefle Dagblad, Gävle, 12 December 1995, p. 12 (illustrated).
D. Jönsson, Göteborgs Tidningen, Gothenberg, 2 January 1996, p. 5 (illustrated).
B. Brecht, Aamulehti, Tampere, 1996, p. 20 (illustrated).
D. Sundell, Hufvudstbladet, Helsinki, 11 February 1996, p. 18 (illustrated).
Kunst & Cultuur, Antwerp, June 1996, p. 1 (illustrated; detail illustrated again on the cover).
S. Wikström, Gefle Dagblad, Gävle, 12 December 1995, p. 12 (illustrated).
D. Jönsson, Göteborgs Tidningen, Gothenberg, 2 January 1996, p. 5 (illustrated).
B. Brecht, Aamulehti, Tampere, 1996, p. 20 (illustrated).
D. Sundell, Hufvudstbladet, Helsinki, 11 February 1996, p. 18 (illustrated).
Kunst & Cultuur, Antwerp, June 1996, p. 1 (illustrated; detail illustrated again on the cover).
Exhibited
Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, From Expressionism to Resistance: Art in Germany 1909-1936, The Marvin and Janet Fishman Collection, December 1990 - February 1991, no. 52, pp. 60 & 181 (illustrated p. 60); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Berlinische Galerie, March - April 1991; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, June - August 1991; Emden, Kunsthalle, August - October 1991; New York, The Jewish Museum, November 1991 - January 1992; Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum, February - May 1992; and Atlanta, The High Museum, June - August 1992.
Mannheim, Städtischen Kunsthalle, Neue Sachlichkeit, October 1994 - January 1995, pp. 17 & 235 (illustrated p. 17).
The Hague, Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout, Art et résistance: les peintres allemands de l'entre-deux-guerres, La Collection Marvin & Janet Fishman, July - October 1995, no. 53, p. 228 (illustrated p. 74); this exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, November 1995 - January 1996; Helsinki, Helsingin Taidehalli, February - April 1996; and Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, June - August 1996.
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Allemagne, les années noires, October 2007 - February 2008, p. 242 (illustrated p. 192).
Mannheim, Städtischen Kunsthalle, Neue Sachlichkeit, October 1994 - January 1995, pp. 17 & 235 (illustrated p. 17).
The Hague, Museum Paleis Lange Voorhout, Art et résistance: les peintres allemands de l'entre-deux-guerres, La Collection Marvin & Janet Fishman, July - October 1995, no. 53, p. 228 (illustrated p. 74); this exhibition later travelled to Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, November 1995 - January 1996; Helsinki, Helsingin Taidehalli, February - April 1996; and Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, June - August 1996.
Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Allemagne, les années noires, October 2007 - February 2008, p. 242 (illustrated p. 192).
Further Details
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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