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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

”Straßenszene Berlin (Here is no hurry)”. 1923

Watercolour, gouache, reed pen and pen and black ink, brown and red on heavy smooth wove paper. 65 × 52,5 cm (25 ⅝ × 20 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. ”Straßenszene Berlin (Here is no hurry)”. 1923.

Estimate:

EUR 80,000

 

- 120,000

USD 89,900

 

- 135,000

Sold for:

101,600 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2025

Selected Works, Thursday, 05.06.2025

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Watercolour, gouache, reed pen and pen and black ink, brown and red on heavy smooth wove paper. 65 × 52,5 cm (25 ⅝ × 20 ⅝ in.). Signed, dated and inscribed in pen and India ink lower right: George Grosz 1923 Berlin. Inscribed in pencil lower left: No A. Later inscribed in pencil on the reverse: No 32 Chicago "Here is no hurry“ 1923 Berlin. Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch dated 5 March 2025. The watercolour will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz by Ralph Jentsch, Berlin/Rome. Framed

George Grosz (1933 taken to New York) / Tirca Karlis Gallery, New York (1957) / Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (1957–1966) / Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (gift from previous owner 1966, removed from the collection 1991) / Private Collection, New York (1991 acquired at Christie’s, New York) / Private Collection, Berlin (1999 acquired at Grisebach, Berlin)

George Grosz: A Survey of his Art from 1918–1938. Chicago, The Art Institute, 1938/1939, exhibition list no. 12 / George Grosz: Dessins et aquarelles. Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, 1966 („Femme et chien“) / George Grosz. Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1978/1979, cat. no. 17, ill. p. 25 / Town & Country: In Pursuit of Life's Pleasures. Roslyn Habor (New York), Nassau County Museum of Art, 1996 („Keine Hast“, according to label on the reverse)

Auction 6354: Impressionist and Modern Drawings and Watercolors. New York, Christie’s, 6.11.1991, cat. no. 137, ill. („Keine Hast (There is no Hurry)“ / Auction 75: Ausgewählte Werke. Berlin, Villa Grisebach Auktionen, 26.11.1999, cat. no. 59, ill. 

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