Lot Essay
This drawing is sold with a photo-certificate from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz.
Details
George Grosz (1883-1959)
Personnages
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp numbered '3-45-4' (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
23 5/8 x 17¾ in. (60 x 45 cm.)
Personnages
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp numbered '3-45-4' (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
23 5/8 x 17¾ in. (60 x 45 cm.)
Provenance
Gallery Ivanhoe Trivulzio, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1964.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1964.
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale Room Notice
Please note that this work is titled 'Versunken' (on the reverse) and the execution date is 1917. Please note that the first line of provenance should read as follows:
Galerie Hans Brockstedt, Hamburg, 1963.
Please note the following exhibition history:
Baden-Baden, Gesellschaft der Freunde Junger Kunst, George Grosz, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle 1916-1946, Berlin-New York, October - November 1957, no. 3; this exhibition later travelled to Pforzheim, Kunstverein, Munich, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Heidelberg, Kunstkabinett Dr. Hanna Grisebach and Dusseldorf, Kunstmuseum.
Berlin, Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Ohne Hemmung, Gesicht und Kehrseite der Jahre 1914-1924, schonungslos enthüllt von George Grosz, October 1962 - January 1963, no. 7 (illustrated p. 9).
Galerie Hans Brockstedt, Hamburg, 1963.
Please note the following exhibition history:
Baden-Baden, Gesellschaft der Freunde Junger Kunst, George Grosz, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle 1916-1946, Berlin-New York, October - November 1957, no. 3; this exhibition later travelled to Pforzheim, Kunstverein, Munich, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, Heidelberg, Kunstkabinett Dr. Hanna Grisebach and Dusseldorf, Kunstmuseum.
Berlin, Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Ohne Hemmung, Gesicht und Kehrseite der Jahre 1914-1924, schonungslos enthüllt von George Grosz, October 1962 - January 1963, no. 7 (illustrated p. 9).
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