Lot Essay
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION OF WORKS ON PAPER
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Massaker
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Massaker
signed 'GROSZ' (lower right)
pencil on paper
11¼ x 8¾ in. (28.6 x 22.2 cm.)
Executed in 1915
Massaker
signed 'GROSZ' (lower right)
pencil on paper
11¼ x 8¾ in. (28.6 x 22.2 cm.)
Executed in 1915
Provenance
The artist's estate (with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '5.185.3' on the reverse), until 1959.
Acquired by the present owner before 1992.
Acquired by the present owner before 1992.
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz, 1912-1943, December 1984 - January 1985, no. 49 (illustrated).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April - May 1992, no. 232 (illustrated p. 211); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo.
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalità dell'esistenza europea, April - May 1992, no. 232 (illustrated p. 211); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo.
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