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George Grosz 1893-1959
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- George Grosz
- The Corpus Delicti
- inscribed To Carlie and Lucy Frucht with...[indistinct], (lower right), titled The Corpus Delicti, (lower left)
- ink and watercolor on paper
- sheet: 24 3/4 by 18 3/4 in.
- 63 by 47.8 cm.
- executed in 1948
Provenance
Gift from the artist to Carl and Lucy Frucht
Gift from the above to the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; Pasadena Art Institute; San Francisco Museum of Art, George Grosz, January 14-September 19, 1954, illustrated p. 54
Long Island, Huntington, The Heckscher Museum, Art Museum, George Grosz on Long Island, November 7-December 6, 1959, no. 26 as He Found Something
Long Island, Huntington, The Heckscher Museum, Art Museum, George Grosz on Long Island, November 7-December 6, 1959, no. 26 as He Found Something
Catalogue Note
Carl and Lucy Frucht were part of a circle of friends which included Grosz, who were all refugees from Europe during World War II.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper being prepared by Ralph Jentsch.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper being prepared by Ralph Jentsch.