ID 908366
Lot 476 | GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Broadway (recto); Havana cigars (verso)
signed and dated 'GROSZ 36' (recto, lower right)
oil, gouache, watercolour, reed pen and pen and ink on paper (recto); reed pen and pen and ink on paper (verso)
19 3/4 x 15 3/8 in. (50.2 x 39.1 cm.)
Executed in 1936
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist in 1959; sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 24 May 1990, lot 229.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
Exh. cat., George Grosz: Berlin - New York, Rome, 2007, no. 289, p. 203 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, Georges Grosz, Berlin - New York, April - September 2000, no. II-97 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Itami, City Museum of Art, June - July 2000; and Tochigi, Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, August - September 2000.
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, Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Artist: | George Grosz (1893 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Address of auction |
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