Lot 26
  • 26

George Grosz, 1893-1959

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • George Grosz
  • BAHNHOF FRIEDRICHSTRASSE, BERLIN (RAILWAY STATION FRIEDRICHSTRASSE)
  • dated 9.5.12 ; stamped with the Nachlass mark on the reverse

  • pen and ink and coloured crayon on paper

  • 22 by 25.2cm., 8 5/8 by 9 7/8 in.
  • Executed on the 9th May 1912.

Provenance

Studio of the Artist, Berlin
Estate of the Artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Venice, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Madrid, Fundación Collección Thyssen-Bornemisza; Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporána de Barcelona. George Grosz, The Berlin Years, 1997-98, no. 38, illustrated p. 16
Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, George Grosz, Berlin-New York, April-May 2000, no. II.II, illustrated p. 75 

Condition

Executed on brown wove paper and held securely in the mount. There is a shallow crease in the right border and the stamp on the reverse is slightly visible from the front. This work is in good condition. Held under glass and unexamined out of frame.
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