Lot Essay
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Die Zuchthaus Republik
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Die Zuchthaus Republik
signed and inscribed 'GROSZ die Zuchthaus Republik, den zu 67 Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilten Parole Formierung gewidmet' (lower sheet margin)
brush and India ink on paper
25 x 20 in. (63.3 x 50.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1924
Die Zuchthaus Republik
signed and inscribed 'GROSZ die Zuchthaus Republik, den zu 67 Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilten Parole Formierung gewidmet' (lower sheet margin)
brush and India ink on paper
25 x 20 in. (63.3 x 50.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1924
Provenance
The artist's estate (with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '3.205.3’ on the reverse), until 1959.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner before 1992.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner before 1992.
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstverein, George Grosz, Leben und Werk, October - November 1975, no. 141 (illustrated p. 91); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Braunschweig, Kunstverein, Münster, Kunstmuseum, Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum and Berlin, Haus am Waldsee.
Milan, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz, 1912-1943, December 1984 - January 1985, no. 58 (illustrated).
Milan, Palazzo Reale [S. Sabarsky & R. Jentsch (eds.)], George Grosz, Die Berliner Jahre, May 1985 - February 1987, no. 138 (illustrated p. 138); this exhibition later travelled to Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst, Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Paris, Hôtel de Ville, Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Salzburg, Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Graz, Kulturhaus der Stadt and Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft.
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalitá dell'esistenza europea, April - May 1992, no. 248 (illustrated p. 227); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo.
Sienna, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, La lente di Freud, Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008 - February 2009, no. 248 (illustrated p. 227).
Milan, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz, 1912-1943, December 1984 - January 1985, no. 58 (illustrated).
Milan, Palazzo Reale [S. Sabarsky & R. Jentsch (eds.)], George Grosz, Die Berliner Jahre, May 1985 - February 1987, no. 138 (illustrated p. 138); this exhibition later travelled to Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst, Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Paris, Hôtel de Ville, Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Salzburg, Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Graz, Kulturhaus der Stadt and Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft.
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalitá dell'esistenza europea, April - May 1992, no. 248 (illustrated p. 227); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo.
Sienna, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala, La lente di Freud, Una galleria dell'inconscio, November 2008 - February 2009, no. 248 (illustrated p. 227).
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