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GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)

Lot 73
28.02.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 700 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 908044
Lot 73 | GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)

Paar im Zimmer

signed, dated and inscribed ‘Grosz 1915 Südende’ (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

15 1/8 x 20 in. (38.4 x 50.7cm.)

Painted in Berlin in 1915





Provenance

Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist, circa 1959-1960.

Morton D. May, St. Louis, by whom acquired from the above, in 1961, and until at least 1975.

HRN Primitives [Henri Ron Nasser], New York, by whom probably acquired from the above.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in January 1981.



Literature

K. Hoffmann-Curtius, Im Blickfeld: George Grosz, John der Frauenmörder, exh. cat., Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1993, pp. 43-44 (illustrated p. 43, fig. 35).

P.-K. Schuster, ed., George Grosz, Berlin—New York, exh. cat., Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1994, no. IX.2, p. 317 (illustrated).

R. Jentsch, George Grosz: The Berlin Years, Milan, 1997, no. 55, p. 20 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, George Grosz: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, January - February 1961.

Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann und die deutschen Expressionisten aus der Sammlung Morton D. May, September – December 1968; this exhibition later travelled to Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 1968; Essen, Folkwang Museum, 1969; Bremen, Kunsthalle, April – June 1969; Badischer, Kunstverein, June - July 1969; and Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, August – September 1969.

New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Morton D. May Collection of 20th Century German Masters, January – February 1970, no. 67, p. 21 (illustrated p. 103); this exhibition later travelled to St. Louis, City Art Museum, July – August 1970.

Munich, Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, Expressionisten 2: Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Ölbilder, Winter 1982, no. 26 (illustrated).

New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Works by German Expressionists, August – October 1982, no. 7.

New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Expressionists: Paintings, watercolors and drawings by 12 German Expressionists, December 1984, no. 26, p. 56 (illustrated p. 57).

Milan, Palazzo Reale, George Grosz, gli anni di Berlino, May – July 1985, no. 2, p. 241 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Ferrara, Palazzo di Diamanti, August – October 1985; Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, December 1985 – January 1986; Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, February – April 1986; Hamburg, Kunsthalle Hamburger, April – June 1986; Paris, Hôtel de Ville, June – August 1986; Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, September – October 1986; Salzburg, Rupertinum, November 1986 – January 1987; Graz, Kulturhaus, January – February 1987; Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, March – April 1987; Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, June – August 1987; and Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, November 1987 – January 1988.

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Le nu au XXe siècle, July – October 2000, no. 54.

New York, Neue Galerie, New Worlds, German and Austrian Art, 1890-1940, November 2001 – February 2002, no. 11.47, pp. 335 and 398 (illustrated p. 335).



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Artist:George Grosz (1893 - 1959)
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
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