GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)

Lot 268
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Lot 268 | GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
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GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)

Selbstporträt (recto); Tragödie (verso)

signed 'GROSZ' (lower right; recto), dated and inscribed 'Selbstporträt 1917' (lower left; recto); signed again 'GROSZ' (lower right; verso)

reed pen and pen and India ink on paper (recto and verso)

20 ¼ x 14 3⁄8 in. (51.5 x 36.5 cm.)

Executed in 1917





Provenance

Private collection, North Germany, by at least 1975, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

U.M. Schneede, ed., George Grosz, Leben und Werk, Stuttgart, 1975, no. 80, p. 173 (recto illustrated p. 54).

U.M. Schneede, George Grosz. Der Künstler in seiner Gesellschaft, Cologne, 1975, no. 31, p. 209 (recto illustrated n.p.).



Further details

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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