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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Biertrinker
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Biertrinker
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
brush and India ink on toned paper
19 x 12¼ in. (48.3 x 31 cm.)
Painted in 1916
Biertrinker
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
brush and India ink on toned paper
19 x 12¼ in. (48.3 x 31 cm.)
Painted in 1916
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner, by 1989.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner, by 1989.
Literature
U. Schneede, George Grosz, Leben und Werk, Stuttgart, 1975, p. 42, no. 62 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstverein; Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein; Braunschweig, Kunstverein; Müster, Landesmuseum; Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum and Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, George Grosz, Leben und Werk, December 1975-March 1977, p. 42, no. 62 (illustrated).
Munich, Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Realismus der Zwanziger Jahre, Bilder, Zeichnungen Druckgraphik, October-November 1980, no. 39 (illustrated).
Verona, Galleria d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Da Van Gogh a Schiele, July-October 1989, p. 264 (illustrated, p. 204).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 240, no. 236 (illustrated, p. 215).
Siena, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scale, La lente di Freud. Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008-February 2009, p. 315 (illustrated).
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, George Grosz, Deutschland, ein Wintermärchen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Collagen, 1908-1958, September-December 2011, p. 179, no. 20 (illustrated, p. 76).
Munich, Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Realismus der Zwanziger Jahre, Bilder, Zeichnungen Druckgraphik, October-November 1980, no. 39 (illustrated).
Verona, Galleria d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Da Van Gogh a Schiele, July-October 1989, p. 264 (illustrated, p. 204).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 240, no. 236 (illustrated, p. 215).
Siena, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scale, La lente di Freud. Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008-February 2009, p. 315 (illustrated).
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, George Grosz, Deutschland, ein Wintermärchen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Collagen, 1908-1958, September-December 2011, p. 179, no. 20 (illustrated, p. 76).
Sale Room Notice
Please note the additional exhibition history for this work:
Hamburg, Kunstverein; Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein; Braunschweig, Kunstverein; Müster, Landesmuseum; Vienna, Museum des 20.
Jahrhunderts; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum and Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, George Grosz, Leben und Werk, December 1975-March 1977, p. 42, no. 62 (illustrated).
Munich, Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Realismus der Zwanziger Jahre, Bilder, Zeichnungen Druckgraphik, October-November 1980, no. 39 (illustrated).
Verona, Galleria d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Da Van Gogh a Schiele, July-October 1989, p. 264 (illustrated, p. 204).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 240, no. 236 (illustrated, p. 215).
Siena, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scale, La lente di Freud. Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008-February 2009, p. 315 (illustrated).
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, George Grosz, Deutschland, ein Wintermärchen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Collagen, 1908-1958, September-December 2011, p. 179, no. 20 (illustrated, p. 76).
Hamburg, Kunstverein; Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein; Braunschweig, Kunstverein; Müster, Landesmuseum; Vienna, Museum des 20.
Jahrhunderts; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum and Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, George Grosz, Leben und Werk, December 1975-March 1977, p. 42, no. 62 (illustrated).
Munich, Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Realismus der Zwanziger Jahre, Bilder, Zeichnungen Druckgraphik, October-November 1980, no. 39 (illustrated).
Verona, Galleria d'arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Da Van Gogh a Schiele, July-October 1989, p. 264 (illustrated, p. 204).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April-May 1992, p. 240, no. 236 (illustrated, p. 215).
Siena, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scale, La lente di Freud. Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008-February 2009, p. 315 (illustrated).
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, George Grosz, Deutschland, ein Wintermärchen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Collagen, 1908-1958, September-December 2011, p. 179, no. 20 (illustrated, p. 76).