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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT CANADIAN ESTATE
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Dämmerung (Draussen) (recto); Dämmerung (Drinnen) (verso)
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Dämmerung (Draussen) (recto); Dämmerung (Drinnen) (verso)
signed 'Grosz' (lower right; recto)
watercolor and pen and brush and India ink on paper (recto); pen and brush and India ink on paper (verso)
20 ¾ x 16 ¼ in. (52.5 x 41 cm.)
Executed in 1922
Dämmerung (Draussen) (recto); Dämmerung (Drinnen) (verso)
signed 'Grosz' (lower right; recto)
watercolor and pen and brush and India ink on paper (recto); pen and brush and India ink on paper (verso)
20 ¾ x 16 ¼ in. (52.5 x 41 cm.)
Executed in 1922
Provenance
Herbert Tannenbaum, Amsterdam.
William Landman, Toronto (possibly acquired from the above).
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (on consignment from the above).
Frederick Mendel, Saskatoon (acquired from the above, March 1944).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
William Landman, Toronto (possibly acquired from the above).
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (on consignment from the above).
Frederick Mendel, Saskatoon (acquired from the above, March 1944).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Literature
The Mendel Collection, Saskatoon, 1955, p. 35 (illustrated, pl. 15; titled The Blind Man Sees).
Exhibited
Montreal, Dominion Gallery, Modern French and Other Important European Artists, February-March 1944 (titled Blind Man and Coquette).
Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, David Jones’ Art Gallery and Melbourne, George's Art Gallery, The Mendel Collection, September-November 1962, p. 10, no. 21 (dated 1936 and titled The Blind Man Sees).
Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, David Jones’ Art Gallery and Melbourne, George's Art Gallery, The Mendel Collection, September-November 1962, p. 10, no. 21 (dated 1936 and titled The Blind Man Sees).
Further Details
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.