Sale: 22 / Online Sale, July 15. 2023 → Lot 122001197
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122001197
George Grosz
Lovers, Cape Cod, 1940.
Oil
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 10,350 Sold:
€ 8,890 / $ 10,223 (incl. surcharge)
122001197
George Grosz
Lovers, Cape Cod, 1940.
Oil
Estimate:
€ 9,000 / $ 10,350 Sold:
€ 8,890 / $ 10,223 (incl. surcharge)
Lovers, Cape Cod. 1940.
Oil and watercolor.
Titled by a hand other than that of the artist (Florian Karsch), dated and inscribed "Von George Grosz selbst erworben" on the reverse. On wove paper. 45.3 x 55.6 cm (17.8 x 21.8 in), size of sheet.
• Expressive combination of subtly modeled pictorial elements.
• Typical motif in George Grosz's pornographic oeuvre.
• Made during his long-term stay in the USA (1932–1959).
With a photo expertise from Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, from August 11, 2022. The present work will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (acquired from the artist in 1958, with the ms. note on the reverse).
Private collection Southern Germany.
EXHIBITION: 636 Werke von 50 Künstlern des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Zweiundsechzig Arbeiten von George Grosz zum hundertsten Geburtstag, Kunstblätter 56, Herbst-Winter 1993/94, October 1993 - March 1994, cat. no. 34 (color illu. on p. 23) (here titled "Kauernder Rückenakt am Strand, mit dem Maler vereinigt").
George Grosz. Arbeiten aus den 40er Jahren, Beate Uhse Erotik-Museum, April 2 - September 30, 1998, p. 10 (with colro illu.).
George Grosz und die Erotik, USB Art Consult, Expressional 2008, Berlin, May 25 - August 24, 2008, cat. no. 44 (with colro illu. on p. 47).
In good condition. Margins with a few small round holes from the making.
Oil and watercolor.
Titled by a hand other than that of the artist (Florian Karsch), dated and inscribed "Von George Grosz selbst erworben" on the reverse. On wove paper. 45.3 x 55.6 cm (17.8 x 21.8 in), size of sheet.
• Expressive combination of subtly modeled pictorial elements.
• Typical motif in George Grosz's pornographic oeuvre.
• Made during his long-term stay in the USA (1932–1959).
With a photo expertise from Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, from August 11, 2022. The present work will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (acquired from the artist in 1958, with the ms. note on the reverse).
Private collection Southern Germany.
EXHIBITION: 636 Werke von 50 Künstlern des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Zweiundsechzig Arbeiten von George Grosz zum hundertsten Geburtstag, Kunstblätter 56, Herbst-Winter 1993/94, October 1993 - March 1994, cat. no. 34 (color illu. on p. 23) (here titled "Kauernder Rückenakt am Strand, mit dem Maler vereinigt").
George Grosz. Arbeiten aus den 40er Jahren, Beate Uhse Erotik-Museum, April 2 - September 30, 1998, p. 10 (with colro illu.).
George Grosz und die Erotik, USB Art Consult, Expressional 2008, Berlin, May 25 - August 24, 2008, cat. no. 44 (with colro illu. on p. 47).
In good condition. Margins with a few small round holes from the making.
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