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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

”Nächtliche Szene, Berlin”. 1925

Watercolour, sepia ink and India ink on wove paper, laid down on cardboard. 69,3 × 98,5 cm (27 ¼ × 38 ¾ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. ”Nächtliche Szene, Berlin”. 1925.

Estimate:

EUR 300,000

 

- 400,000

USD 316,000

 

- 421,000

Sold for:

330,200 EUR (incl. premium)

Auction Winter 2023

Selected Works, Thursday, 30.11.2023

Information

Watercolour, sepia ink and India ink on wove paper, laid down on cardboard. 69,3 × 98,5 cm (27 ¼ × 38 ¾ in.). Signed and dated lower right: Grosz 25. With a photo certificate from Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, dated 21 October 2023. The watercolour will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper of George Grosz by Ralph Jentsch, Berlin. Imperfections in the margin.

Further works from the Leslie & Johanna Garfield Collection will be sold in our auction „Modern Art“ on 1st December 2023 (lots 354, 391, 411).

Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin (on commission) / Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin / Leslie and Johanna Garfield, New York (acquired in 1965 at Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., New York)

Correct dimensions: 69.3 × 98.5 cm. (27 ¼ × 38 ¾ in.)

Exhibition George Grosz. Berlin, Galerie Flechtheim, 1926, cat. no. 3, ill. p. 6 [=Veröffentlichungen des Kunstarchivs no. 1] / Works of Art From the Collection of Centurions Leslie J. Garfield & Malcolm Goldstein. New York, The Century Association, 1985

Auction 2391: Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures. New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 8./9. Dezember 1965, cat. no. 131, ill. / Hans Hess: George Grosz. New York, Macmillan, 1974, p. 130, ill. (titled: Happy people, rue Blondel 1925) / Susann Tallman: The Garfields Collect, New York, Leslie J Garfield, 2021, no. 217, ill. p. 14 (titled: The Café)

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