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Lot Essay
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
Grosz’s Berlin street scenes from 1925 to 1932, the year before he left Germany, are among the most important in his oeuvre. He relished in depicting people of different varieties, occupying the streets of the busy metropolis. The present work depicts a well-to-do couple on one of the streets in the shopping center of the Western part of the city. Grosz fills his scenes with undertones of political commentary, particularly critical of the bourgeoisie, such as this couple, in the years leading up to Hitler’s ascension to power.
Grosz’s Berlin street scenes from 1925 to 1932, the year before he left Germany, are among the most important in his oeuvre. He relished in depicting people of different varieties, occupying the streets of the busy metropolis. The present work depicts a well-to-do couple on one of the streets in the shopping center of the Western part of the city. Grosz fills his scenes with undertones of political commentary, particularly critical of the bourgeoisie, such as this couple, in the years leading up to Hitler’s ascension to power.