ID 908441
Lot 483 | GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 40 000
Nach dem Verhör
signed and dated 'GROSZ 1935' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour, reed pen and pen and ink on paper
18 1/2 x 24 1/8 in. (47 x 61.1 cm.)
Executed in 1935
Provenance
Arnott J. White, New York, and thence by descent; sale, Christie’s, New York, 6 November 1991, lot 140.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
G. Grosz, Interregnum, New York, 1936, pl. 51 (illustrated).
G. Grosz, George Grosz: 30 Drawings & Watercolors, New York, 1944, pl. 20 (illustrated).
H. Bittner (ed.), George Grosz, New York, 1960, illustrated no. 65, p. 48 (illustrated pl. 65).
A. Dückers, George Grosz: Das druckgraphische Werk, Frankfurt, 1979, S II, 51, p. 235 (illustrated p. 95; titled 'Sie brachten nichts aus ihm heraus').
B. Möckel, 'Das Ende der Menschlichkeit, George Grosz' Zeichnungen, Lithographien und Aquarelle aus Anlaß der Ermordung Erich Mühsams', Schriften der Erich-Mühsam-Gesellschaft, vol. 13, 1997, no. 14, p. 39 (illustrated p. 28).
Exh. cat., George Grosz: Berlin - New York, Rome, 2007, no. 278, p. 198 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, George Grosz, January - March 1954, no. 53, p. 61 (illustrated p. 22); this exhibition later travelled to Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art, May 1954; Pasadena, Art Institute, June - July 1954; and San Francisco, Museum of Art, August - September 1954.
Oranienburg, Gedenkstätte Sachsenhusen, Konzentrationslager Oranienburg, October - December 1994, no. 24/25, p. 215 (illustrated p. 116).
Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, Georges Grosz, Berlin - New York, April - September 2000, no. II-93, p. 67 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Itami, City Museum of Art, June - July 2000; and Tochigi, Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, August - September 2000.
Berlin, Nolan Judin Berlin, George Grosz: The Years in America 1933-1958, February - April 2009, no. 19, p. 78 (illustrated pp. 79, 80-81, detail); this exhibition later travelled to New York, David Nolan Gallery, September - October 2009.
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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: | Gouache, Painted, Watercolor |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
| Artist: | George Grosz (1893 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted, Watercolor |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
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