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George Grosz

1893 – Berlin – 1959

”Strasse, Berlin”. Circa 1929

Watercolour with opaque white, reed pen and pen and black ink on paper. 59,9 × 45,8 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: George Grosz. ”Strasse, Berlin”. Circa 1929.

Estimate:

EUR 70,000

 

- 100,000

USD 78,700

 

- 112,000

Sold for:

88,900 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2025

Modern Art, Friday, 06.06.2025

Information

Watercolour with opaque white, reed pen and pen and black ink on paper. 59,9 × 45,8 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 in.). Left and lower right each signed with pencil: Grosz. In the lower left corner inscribed and titled: No 27 Strasse. On the reverse in the lower left corner the estate stamp: George Grosz Nachlass (handwritten addition: 1 46 8). accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch dated 5 March 2025. The watercolour will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper of George Grosz, edited by Ralph Jentsch, Berlin/Rome. Minor imperfections in the margins. Framed

Estate George Grosz (1959) / Eugene V. Thaw, New York / Peter Deitsch Gallery, New York / Private Collection, New York / Private Collection, Berlin (acquired 1999 at Grisebach, Berlin)

George Grosz, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle. Berlin, Verlag Bruno Cassirer, 1929, no. 19

Auction: German and Austrian Art. London, Sotheby's, 2.7.1998, no. 14, ill. / Auction 71: Ausgewählte Werke. Berlin, Villa Grisebach Auktionen, 4.6.1999, cat. no. 53, ill. 

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