Sale 2353
New York
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4 November 2010
Price realised
USD 57,500
Estimate
George Grosz (1893-1959) Model in Costume signed and dated 'Grosz 1941' (lower right) watercolor and brush and India ink on paper 25½ x 20½ in. (64.8 x 50.8 cm.) Painted in 1941
Provenance
Joseph Katz (by 1941). Acquired by the family of the present owner, circa 1965.
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Exhibited
Baltimore Museum of Art, Paintings by George Grosz, February-April 1944, no. 1 (titled Model Undressing).
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this watercolor.
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