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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

„A dead Irishman speaks“ (zu Ben Hecht: 1001 Afternoons in New York). 1941

Pen and India ink on paper. 59 x 46 cm (23 ¼ x 18 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. „A dead Irishman speaks“ (zu Ben Hecht: 1001 Afternoons in New York). 1941.

Estimate:

EUR 12,000

 

- 15,000

USD 12,900

 

- 16,200

Sold for:

9,375 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 237-246

Modern Art, Friday, 05.06.2015

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Pen and India ink on paper. 59 x 46 cm (23 ¼ x 18 ⅛ in.). Inscribed and titled in pencil below the image: to Ben Hecht 1001 Afternoons A dead Irishman speaks. On the reverse with the faded estate stamp and the number inscribed in pen: 4 48 4.

Private collection, Italy

Ben Hecht: 1001 Afternoons in New York. The Viking Press 1941, New York 1941, ill. p. 233 / Ben Hecht: 1001 Nachmittage in New York. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt a.M. and Leipzig 1992 [first German edition], ill. p. 261

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