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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

„Solid citizen - American couple, New York“. 1934

Watercolour, reed pen and pen in India ink on laid paper, enlarged with an attached strip of paper at the top by the artist. 67 × 49,3 cm (26 ⅜ × 19 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. „Solid citizen - American couple, New York“. 1934.

Estimate:

EUR 25,000

 

- 35,000

USD 28,100

 

- 39,300

Sold for:

31,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Spring 2019

Modern Art, Friday, 31.05.2019

Information

Watercolour, reed pen and pen in India ink on laid paper, enlarged with an attached strip of paper at the top by the artist. 67 × 49,3 cm (26 ⅜ × 19 ⅜ in.). Signed and dated lower right: GROSZ 34. On the reverse with the estate stamp and with the number inscribed in pen in India ink: 1 98 5. Catalogue raisonné: Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch, Rome, dated 18 April 2019. The watercolour will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz by Ralph Jentsch, Rome. Minor margin imperfections, light staining. Framed

Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch, Rome, dated 2 May 2019, with additional information regarding provenance

John Dos Passos: Grosz comes to America. Of the artist-satirist whose drawings show how Europe culture died of gas-gangrene. In: Esquire – The Magazine for Men. Sept. 1936, p. 105, 128, 131, ill. p. 104

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