ID 1164065
Lot 268 | GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
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.
| Artist: | George Grosz (1893 - 1959) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | George Grosz (1893 - 1959) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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