GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)

Lot 506
04.03.2022 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 506 | GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
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£ 40 000 – 60 000
GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)

Self Portrait with Brush

signed and dated 'Grosz 38' (upper left); signed and inscribed 'Meinen lieben Freunden ERICH & Helene COHN zum 3 MAI 1959 George Grosz' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

20 1⁄4 x 16 1⁄8 in. (51 x 41 cm.)

Painted in 1938







Provenance

Eric & Helen Cohn, New York, by whom acquired directly from the artist in May 1959, and thence by descent.

Private collection, New York.

Anonymous sale, Grisebach, Berlin, 4 June 1999, lot 65.

Private collection, Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Anonymous sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 5 December 2006, lot 152.

Acquired at the above the sale by the present owner.





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