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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

”Straße frei”. 1928

Chalk on paper. 60 × 46 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. ”Straße frei”. 1928.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 12,000

USD 8,700

 

- 13,000

Sold for:

10,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer 2023

Modern Art, Friday, 02.06.2023

Information

Chalk on paper. 60 × 46 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 ⅛ in.). Signed, dated and inscribed lower right: GROSZ 28 für Oskar Kanehl. Inscribed with the estate stamp and with pen in india ink on the reverse no.: 4 160 6. Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, dated 21 March 2023. The drawing will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz by Ralph Jentsch, Rome. Framed

This is a variation of the title illustration of the book “Strasse frei“ by Oskar Kanehl, published 1928 in the Verlag des Spartakusbund Berlin .

Estate of the artist / Private Collection, France

George Grosz. The Berlin Years. New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, 1985. cat. no. 81, w. ill. / George Grosz. Gli anni di Berlino. Mailand, Palazzo Reale, and Ferrara, Palazzo di Diamanti, 1985, cat. no. 181, ill. / George Grosz. Die Berliner Jahre. Wien, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, and Munich, Villa Stuck, 1985/86, cat. no. 81, w. ill. / George Grosz. Glianni di Berlino. Neapel, Accademia di Belle Arti, 1986 / Die Berliner Jahre. Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1987, cat. no. 81, m. Abb. / George Grosz. Die Berliner Jahre. Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1987/88, cat. no. 81, w. ill. / George Grosz. Les Années Berlinoises. Paris, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, 1995, cat. no. 103, w. ill. / Tragigroteske. George Grosz. Berlin-1912-1933. New York, 1933-1959. Hamburg, Galerie Brockstedt, 2003/04, cat. no. 31, w. ill. / Portraits Allemands des années 20. Paris, Galerie Tendances, 2005, ill. p. 38

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