ID 717902
Lot 506 | GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
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.
Special notice
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Post lot text
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
| Artist: | George Grosz (1893 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Artist: | George Grosz (1893 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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