George Grosz

The Radio General

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June 5, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

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Lot Details

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Description

Property from a Private Collection, Germany

George Grosz

1893 - 1959

The Radio General

signed (lower right) and titled (lower centre); with the George Grosz Estate stamp and number 4-19-6 (on the reverse)

brush, reed pen and pen and ink over light chalk on paper

59 by 46 cm.

23¹⁄₄ by 18¹⁄₁₆ in.

Executed in 1937.

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

Studio of the artist, New York (by 1937)

George Grosz Estate (by 1959)

Richard Cohn, New York

Collection Vic Firth, Massachusetts (by 2021)

McInnis Auctioneers, 26 June 2021, lot 389

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Frank C. Hanighen, The Radio General, Esquire. The Magazine for Men, January 1938, p. 39, illustrated

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