Lot 302
  • 302

George Grosz 1893-1959

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • George Grosz
  • Moorarbeiter Erich Mühsam Concentration Camp
  • signed Grosz (lower right), inscribed 17 (lower left); with Nachlass stamp numbered 1,99,5; inscribed, possibly in a later hand Ly Nr 1161 TR 1479.354 1935 10 (on the reverse)
  • ink and watercolor on paper
  • 18 7/8 by 24 3/4 in.
  • 48 by 63 cm.
  • executed in 1933

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
(Sale: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 21-23, 1995, lot 476)
(Sale: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 23, 2000, lot 42)

Condition

Tack holes along corners and edges, some minor creases along edges, slight losses to corners, scattered tears and repairs along edges, tape hinges to upper corners on reverse.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz being prepared by Ralph Jentsch