Lot 111
  • 111

George Grosz

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • George Grosz
  • Ruhende Modelle, Zwei Frauen
  • signed, titled and inscribed No 31; with the stamp of the George Grosz Estate on the reverse
  • watercolour on paper
  • 48 by 66,5 cm.
  • Executed circa 1929.

Provenance

Studio of the artist, Berlin, circa 1929
George Grosz Estate, 1959
Sale Sotheby's London, 5 December 1984, lot 352
Sale Villa Grisebach Berlin, 24 November 1990, lot 170
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Munich, Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, 1977, cat. no. 67, illustrated

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the colour of the paper is slightly light yellow. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The paper is glued to the mount at the two upper corners. There are some minor finger shaped creases and a few pinholes along the extreme edges.
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