Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Ich kaufe und verkaufe (recto and verso)
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Ich kaufe und verkaufe (recto and verso)
signed 'Grosz' (lower right; recto); with Nachlass stamp (verso)
brush and India ink on paper
22 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (56.7 x 46 cm.)
Drawn in 1923
Ich kaufe und verkaufe (recto and verso)
signed 'Grosz' (lower right; recto); with Nachlass stamp (verso)
brush and India ink on paper
22 3/8 x 18 1/8 in. (56.7 x 46 cm.)
Drawn in 1923
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Private collection, New York (circa 2005); sale, Christie's, New York, 5 May 2011, lot 153.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, New York (circa 2005); sale, Christie's, New York, 5 May 2011, lot 153.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
George Grosz, Die Gezeichneten: 60 Blätter aus 15 Jahren, Berlin, 1930, p. 117 (illustrated).
F. Ballo, ed., Documenti d'arte contemporanea: Grosz, Milan, 1946 (illustrated, pl. XVIII; titled M'interesso solo di commercio).
F. Ballo, ed., Documenti d'arte contemporanea: Grosz, Milan, 1946 (illustrated, pl. XVIII; titled M'interesso solo di commercio).
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Flechtheim, George Grosz, March-April 1926, p. 14 (illustrated).
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