George Grosz (1893-1959)

Guten Tag, Mister Kobes, sagte die Dame

Details

George Grosz (1893-1959)
Guten Tag, Mister Kobes, sagte die Dame
stamped with the signature 'GROSZ' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp '3-82-5' (on the reverse)
brush, reed pen and pen and India ink on paper
25 5/8 x 20 5/8 in. (65.3 x 52.6 cm.)
Executed in 1924-1925

Provenance

The artist's estate (no. 3-82-5).
Gillian Jason Gallery, London, by 1989.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990.

Exhibited

Bolton, Museum and Art Gallery, Folly and Vice, December 1989 - February 1990, no. 44; this exhibition later travelled to York, City Art Gallery, Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Birmingham, Museum and Art Gallery.

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Lot Essay

This work will be included in the forthcoming George Grosz catalogue raisonné in preparation by Ralph Jentsch.

This work is related to a drawing in Heinrich Mann's novel Kobes (Berlin, 1925, chapter VI, p. 35).

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