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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

„Ihr Flehen und unser Fluch (Dem Kapital zum 1. Mai)“. 1925

Watercolour, reed pen and pen in India ink on heavy paper. 64,9 × 52,3 cm (25 ½ × 20 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. „Ihr Flehen und unser Fluch (Dem Kapital zum 1. Mai)“. 1925.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 30,000

USD 22,500

 

- 33,700

Sold for:

37,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Spring 2019

Modern Art, Friday, 31.05.2019

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Watercolour, reed pen and pen in India ink on heavy paper. 64,9 × 52,3 cm (25 ½ × 20 ⅝ in.). Lower right with the stamped signature. Inscribed with the estate stamp and with the number in pen in India ink on the reverse: 3 71 3. Catalogue raisonné: Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch, Rome, dated 18 April 2019. The drawing will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz by Ralph Jentsch, Rome. Framed

Exhibition: George Grosz. The Berlin Years. Madrid, Fundación Collección Thyssen-Bornemisza and Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporánia de Barcelona, 1997/98, cat. no. 284, ill. p. 120 / George Grosz. Berlin - New York. Itami, The Itami City Museum of Art and Tochigi, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 2000, cat. no. II-60, ill. p. 103. Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch, Rome, dated 2 May 2019, with additional information regarding provenance

Der Knüppel, 1. vol., 25. August 1924. Berlin, Verlag Vereinigung internationaler Verlagsanstalten / George Grosz: Das neue Gesicht der herrschenden Klasse. 60 neue Zeichnungen. Berlin, Der Malik-Verlag, 1930, ill. p. 48 (title: Reisende in Friedensartikeln)

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