From Daumier to Olitski: Select Works from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and Family Collections

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Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation

George Grosz

Unterhaltung Destille (Entertainment Distillery) & Die Abenteur Des Herrn Tartarin Aus Tarascon (The Adventures Of Mr. Tartarin From Tarascon) (A Double-Sided Work)

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September 23, 06:13 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

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Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation

George Grosz

1893 - 1959

Unterhaltung Destille (Entertainment Distillery) & Die Abenteur Des Herrn Tartarin Aus Tarascon (The Adventures Of Mr. Tartarin From Tarascon) (A Double-Sided Work)

Stamped Grosz (lower right); and stamped Grosz (on the verso)

Pen and ink on paper

21 by 13½ in. (53.3 by 34.2 cm)

Framed: 20⅝ by 27⅞ in. (52.4 by 70.8 cm)

Executed in 1920.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ralph Jentsch.

Estate of the artist
Karl Ströher, Darmstadt
Alan Frumkin Gallery, New York
Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, November 6, 1981, lot 560
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired at the above sale)
The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation, Mount Kisco, New York (gifted by the above in 2016)

Berlin, Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Ohne Hemmung, Gesicht und Kehrseite der Jahre 1914-1924, 1962-63, no. 16
Paris, Galerie Claude Bernard, Grosz. George Grosz. Dessins et Aquarelles, 1966, n.n. illustrated in the catalogue
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, George Grosz: An Autobiography, New York, 1983, illustrated p. 70
Robert Cicetti, "The Shock and Awe of George Grosz," hyperallergic.com, December 12, 2013, illustrated