Live Auction 7832Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Christie’s roundel
Lot 284

George Grosz (1883-1959)

Abschied (recto); Bei jedem Schlag Brüllte Gilkan Einen Neuen Fluch zu Upton Sinclair "100 (verso)

Closed3 February 2010

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GBP 8,125

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George Grosz (1883-1959)
Abschied (recto); Bei jedem Schlag Brüllte Gilkan Einen Neuen Fluch zu Upton Sinclair "100 (verso)
signed 'GROSZ' (recto, lower right); signed 'GROSZ' (verso, lower right)
pen and India ink on paper (recto & verso)
25½ x 20 3/8 in. (64.2 x 51.8 cm.)
Executed in 1920

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1984, lot 181.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 October 1987, lot 80.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

This drawing is sold with a photo-certificate from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz.