Lot Essay
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work and will include it in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by Georges Grosz.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GEORGE GROSZ
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Germanentag (recto); Untitled (verso)
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Germanentag (recto); Untitled (verso)
with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '3-9-8' (on the reverse)
pen and India ink on paper
18 ¼ x 14 ½ in. (46 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Germanentag (recto); Untitled (verso)
with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '3-9-8' (on the reverse)
pen and India ink on paper
18 ¼ x 14 ½ in. (46 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
The artist's estate, by 1959.
Literature
G. Grosz, Ecce Homo, Berlin, 1923 (illustrated pl. 43).
'Badenummer', in Der Knüppel, Satirische Arbeiterzeitung, no. 5, Berlin, 10 August 1924 (illustrated p. 2).
U. M. Schneede, George Grosz, Leben und Werk, Stuttgart, 1975, no. 127, p. 174 (illustrated p. 83).
'Badenummer', in Der Knüppel, Satirische Arbeiterzeitung, no. 5, Berlin, 10 August 1924 (illustrated p. 2).
U. M. Schneede, George Grosz, Leben und Werk, Stuttgart, 1975, no. 127, p. 174 (illustrated p. 83).
Exhibited
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, George Grosz 1893-1959, October - December 1962, no. 217.
Milan, Palazzo Reale, George Grosz, gli anni di Berlino, May - July 1985, no. 99 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, August - October 1985, Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, December 1985 - January 1986, Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, February - April 1986, Hamburg, Kunsthalle, April - June 1986, Paris, Hôtel de Ville, June - August 1986, Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, September - October 1986, Salzburg, Rupertinum, November 1986 - January 1987, Graz, Kulturhaus der Stadt, January - February 1987, Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, March - April 1987, Tel-Aviv, Museum of Art, June - August 1987 and Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, November 1987- January 1988.
Solingen, Zentrum für verfolgte Künste im Kunstmuseum, George Grosz, Alltag und Bühne, Berlin 1914-1931, May - June 2015, p. 78 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Bayreuth, Kunstmuseum, June - October 2015.
Milan, Palazzo Reale, George Grosz, gli anni di Berlino, May - July 1985, no. 99 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, August - October 1985, Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, December 1985 - January 1986, Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, February - April 1986, Hamburg, Kunsthalle, April - June 1986, Paris, Hôtel de Ville, June - August 1986, Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, September - October 1986, Salzburg, Rupertinum, November 1986 - January 1987, Graz, Kulturhaus der Stadt, January - February 1987, Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, March - April 1987, Tel-Aviv, Museum of Art, June - August 1987 and Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, November 1987- January 1988.
Solingen, Zentrum für verfolgte Künste im Kunstmuseum, George Grosz, Alltag und Bühne, Berlin 1914-1931, May - June 2015, p. 78 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Bayreuth, Kunstmuseum, June - October 2015.
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