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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

„Baul Ball“. 1920

Pen and India ink on paper (from a sketch book). 53 × 43,3 cm (20 ⅞ × 17 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. „Baul Ball“. 1920.

Estimate:

EUR 15,000

 

- 20,000

USD 17,000

 

- 22,700

Sold for:

18,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Bernd Schultz Collection III, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Pen and India ink on paper (from a sketch book). 53 × 43,3 cm (20 ⅞ × 17 in.). Signed in pencil lower right: GROSZ. Catalogue raisonné: Accompanied by a confirmation from Ralph Jentsch, Rome, dated 23 September 2011. On the reverse: Worker. Pen and India ink, as well as two pencil sketches. The work is closely connected to the drawing for the "Baul Ball" chapter in Hans Reimann's book "Sächsische Miniaturen", whcih appeared in Verlag Der Drache in Leipzig in 1921 (illustration p.20).

Private Collection, Berlin (until 2011)

George Grosz. Der große Zeitvertreib. Düsseldorf, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, 2014, p. 180, additional illustration p. 45 (two-sided)

Auction 190: Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, 25 November 2011, cat. no. 298

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