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)
Ida und ein Student
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Ida und ein Student
inscribed 'Ida ein Student' (within the composition); with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '1-40-1' (upper right)
watercolour on paper
16 ¼ x 21 in. (41.2 x 53.6 cm.)
Executed in 1922; with an ink drawing on the reverse
Ida und ein Student
inscribed 'Ida ein Student' (within the composition); with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '1-40-1' (upper right)
watercolour on paper
16 ¼ x 21 in. (41.2 x 53.6 cm.)
Executed in 1922; with an ink drawing on the reverse
Provenance
The artist's estate, by 1959.
Exhibited
Cambridge, MA, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Theatrical Drawings and Watercolors by George Grosz, 1973 - 1974, no. 52 (illustrated).
Milan, Palazzo Reale, George Grosz, gli anni di Berlino, May - July 1985, no. 148, p. 244 (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.
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, George Grosz, Deutshland ein Wintermärchen, September - December 2011, no. 47 (illustrated p. 106); this exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte, February - May 2012.
Solingen, Zentrum für verfolgte Künste im Kunstmuseum, George Grosz, Alltag und Bühne, Berlin 1914-1931, May - June 2015, p. 85 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Bayreuth, Kunstmuseum, June - October 2015.
Milan, Palazzo Reale, George Grosz, gli anni di Berlino, May - July 1985, no. 148, p. 244 (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.
Brühl, Max Ernst Museum, George Grosz, Deutshland ein Wintermärchen, September - December 2011, no. 47 (illustrated p. 106); this exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte, February - May 2012.
Solingen, Zentrum für verfolgte Künste im Kunstmuseum, George Grosz, Alltag und Bühne, Berlin 1914-1931, May - June 2015, p. 85 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Bayreuth, Kunstmuseum, June - October 2015.
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