拍品 229
  • 229

GEORGE GROSZ | Berliner Fleischerei or Butcher Shop I (Berlin Butcher or Butcher Shop I)

估價
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
招標截止

描述

  • George Grosz
  • Berliner Fleischerei or Butcher Shop I (Berlin Butcher or Butcher Shop I)
  • signed Grosz, dated 32 and inscribed butcher shop (lower right); bearing the George Grosz Nachlass stamp on the verso
  • watercolour, gouache, reed pen and ink on paper
  • 60 by 46cm., 23 5/8 by 18 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1932.

來源

Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, New York
Sale: Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 11th November 1970, lot 20
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Mr & Mrs Jonathan P. Rosen, New York (by descent from the above; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 13th September 2005, lot 121)
Private Collection, New York (purchased at the above sale; sale: Christie's, New York, 2nd November 2011, lot 175)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

展覽

Province de Namur, Musée Félicien Rops, George Grosz, 1893-1959, Un Grand Non. Grosz le Visionnaire, 2013-14, no. 58, illustrated in the catalogue
Besançon, Musée du Temps, Impressions du Front. George Grosz / Otto Dix, 2014, no. 38, illustrated in the catalogue

出版

Ralph Jentsch, George Grosz, Antwerp, 2013, no. 58, illustrated pp. 230-231

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on this Japan paper and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. Both upper corners and the lower right corner have repaired losses, not visible when framed. There are five repaired tears running horizontally from the left edge (the longest of which measures 4cm.) and four repaired tears running in horizontally from the right edge (the longest of which measuring 2.5cm). There are artist's pin holes intermittently along all four edges and corresponding minor repairs. This work is in overall good condition. The pigments are well preserved and vibrant.
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拍品資料及來源

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