Property from the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections
George Grosz
Das Ende (The End)
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Property from the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections
George Grosz
1893 - 1959
Das Ende (The End)
Brush and ink on paper
20⅛ by 14⅜ in. (51 by 36.6 cm)
Framed: 25½ by 19¾ in. (63.5 by 50.1 cm)
Executed in 1917.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ralph Jentsch.
Estate of the artist
Peter Deitsch Fine Arts, New York
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired from the above in 1969)
The Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections (by descent from the above in 2016)
Peter Deitsch Fine Arts, New York
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired from the above in 1969)
The Louis-Dreyfus Family Collections (by descent from the above in 2016)
New York, New York Studio School, George Grosz in Germany: Works on Paper, 1913-1925, 2013-14, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue
George Grosz, Ecce Homo, Berlin, 1923, illustrated pl. 23
George Grosz, Die Gezeichneten: 60 Blätter aus 15 Jahren, Berlin, 1930, illustrated p. 41
Antonio del Guerico, George Grosz, Deutschland über Alles, Rome, 1963, illustrated n.p. (titled La Fine)
Robert Cicetti, “The Shock and Awe of George Grosz”, hyperallergic.com, December 12, 2013, illustrated
George Grosz, Die Gezeichneten: 60 Blätter aus 15 Jahren, Berlin, 1930, illustrated p. 41
Antonio del Guerico, George Grosz, Deutschland über Alles, Rome, 1963, illustrated n.p. (titled La Fine)
Robert Cicetti, “The Shock and Awe of George Grosz”, hyperallergic.com, December 12, 2013, illustrated