Lot Essay
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Property from a Private Collection, United States
George Grosz (1893-1959)
The Menace
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
The Menace
signed, dated and dedicated 'George Grosz 1934 To my friend Eric Cohn' (lower left)
watercolor and brush and India ink on paper
24 1/8 x 17¾ in. (61.2 x 45.1 cm.)
Painted in 1934
The Menace
signed, dated and dedicated 'George Grosz 1934 To my friend Eric Cohn' (lower left)
watercolor and brush and India ink on paper
24 1/8 x 17¾ in. (61.2 x 45.1 cm.)
Painted in 1934
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cohn, New York (acquired from the artist).
Private collection, Mount Vernon, New York (by 1973).
Private collection, Santa Fe; sale, Christie's, New York, 29 September 2004, lot 65.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 2005.
Private collection, Mount Vernon, New York (by 1973).
Private collection, Santa Fe; sale, Christie's, New York, 29 September 2004, lot 65.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 2005.
Literature
P.-K. Schuster, George Grosz Berlin-New York, exh. cat., Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1994, p. 289 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; The Pasadena Art Institute and San Francisco Museum of Art, George Grosz, January-September 1954, p. 61, no. 48. Rome, Villa Medici, George Grosz Berlin-New York, May-July 2007, p. 198, no. 280 (illustrated in color, p. 199).
Berlin, Nolan Judin and New York, David Nolan Gallery, George Grosz, The Years in America 1933-1958, February-October 2009, p. 58, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 59).
Berlin, Nolan Judin and New York, David Nolan Gallery, George Grosz, The Years in America 1933-1958, February-October 2009, p. 58, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 59).