Live Auction 14240Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Lot 144 WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AVANT-GARDES
The Collection of a Scholar, Sold to Benefit Humanitarian Causes

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Versuchung

Closed28 June 2017

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GBP 18,750

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Versuchung
signed and dated 'Grosz 15' (lower right); inscribed 'Versuchung' and with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '3.4.7' (on the reverse)
brush, reed pen and pen and India ink on paper
13 x 8 3/8 in. (33 x 21.3 cm.)
Executed in 1915

The artist's estate.
Enrico Crispolti, Rome.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work and will include it in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by Georges Grosz.