Lot Essay
Ralph Jentsch has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this drawing, and will include it in his forthcoming George Grosz works on paper Catalogue raisonné.
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An der Bar
Details
George Grosz (1893-1959)
An der Bar
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp numbered '4.56.5' (on the reverse)
brush and India ink on paper
25 1/8 x 19 in. (63.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Executed in 1932 in New York
An der Bar
signed 'Grosz' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp numbered '4.56.5' (on the reverse)
brush and India ink on paper
25 1/8 x 19 in. (63.7 x 48.2 cm.)
Executed in 1932 in New York
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Saul P. Steinberg; his sale, Christie's, New York, 19 May 1981, lot 146.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Saul P. Steinberg; his sale, Christie's, New York, 19 May 1981, lot 146.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
U.M. Schneede (ed.), George Grosz, Leben und Werk, Stuttgart, 1975, no. 205 (illustrated p. 120; incorrectly dated '1934').
Exhibited
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, George Grosz, September - November 1957, no. 50.
Hamburg, Kunstverein, George Grosz. Leben und Werk, October - November 1975, no. 220 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, December 1975 - January 1976; Braunschweig, Kunstverein, February - March 1976; Munster, Landesmuseum, April - May 1976; Vienna, Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, June - July 1976; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, September - Ocotober 1976; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, October - December 1976, all under no. 205; and Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, January - March 1977, no. 155.
Hamburg, Kunstverein, George Grosz. Leben und Werk, October - November 1975, no. 220 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, December 1975 - January 1976; Braunschweig, Kunstverein, February - March 1976; Munster, Landesmuseum, April - May 1976; Vienna, Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, June - July 1976; Karlsruhe, Badischer Kunstverein, September - Ocotober 1976; Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum, October - December 1976, all under no. 205; and Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, January - March 1977, no. 155.
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