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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

"Bowery New York“. 1934

Watercolour on Fabriano wove paper. 66,7 × 48,2 cm (26 ¼ × 19 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz.

Estimate:

EUR 15,000

 

- 20,000

USD 16,100

 

- 21,500

Sold for:

50,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2020

Modern Art, Friday, 10.07.2020

Information

Watercolour on Fabriano wove paper. 66,7 × 48,2 cm (26 ¼ × 19 in.). Titled, signed, dated and inscribed lower left in pen in brown: Bowery New York GROSZ Bayside L.[ong] Isl.[and]. Lower right with a dedication in pencil: Walter Herlinger in friendship + with many thanks George GROSZ July 52. Framed

The watercolour will be auctioned for the benefit of the Stiftung Exilmuseum Berlin..

Walter Herlinger, New York / Estate Prof. Dr. Claus-Dieter Krohn, Hamburg

Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch, Rome, dated 3 June 2020. The watercolour will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz by Ralph Jentsch, Rome (in preparation)

Social Comment in American Art. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1970

Herbert Bittner (ed.): George Grosz. New York, Arts Inc., 1960, ill. pl. 88

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