Live Auction 7975Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Lot 189

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Liebeserklärung der Dame an Kobes

Closed22 June 2011

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GBP 10,000

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Liebeserklärung der Dame an Kobes
stamped with the signature 'GROSZ' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '3-82-1' (on the reverse)
brush and reed pen and ink on paper
25¾ x 20 5/8 in. (65.4 x 52.5 cm.)
Executed in 1924-1925

The artist's estate (no. 3-82-1).
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1995.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming George Grosz catalogue raisonné in preparation by Ralph Jentsch.

This work is related to a drawing in Heinrich Mann's novel Kobes (Berlin, 1925, chapter VI, p. 43).