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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Mussolini, der Kolonialist
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Mussolini, der Kolonialist
stamped with the signature (lower left)
pen and India ink on paper
19 5/8 x 15½ in. (50 x 39.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1935
Mussolini, der Kolonialist
stamped with the signature (lower left)
pen and India ink on paper
19 5/8 x 15½ in. (50 x 39.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1935
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner by 1992.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Acquired by the present owner by 1992.
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz, 1912-1943, December 1984 - January 1985, no. 60 (illustrated).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalit dell'esistenza europea, April - May 1992, no. 253 (illustrated p. 231); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo.
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo, prima parte, Da Klimt a Wols, April - July 1994, no. 164 (illustrated p. 256).
Genova, Palazzo Ducale, Arte della libertà, Antifascismo, guerra e liberazione in Europa 1925-1945, November 1995 - March 1996, no. 43 (illustrated p. 145).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalit dell'esistenza europea, April - May 1992, no. 253 (illustrated p. 231); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo.
Milan, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Il disegno del nostro secolo, prima parte, Da Klimt a Wols, April - July 1994, no. 164 (illustrated p. 256).
Genova, Palazzo Ducale, Arte della libertà, Antifascismo, guerra e liberazione in Europa 1925-1945, November 1995 - March 1996, no. 43 (illustrated p. 145).
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