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Lot 249
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Posh Couple
Closed10 February 2011
Price Realised
GBP 43,250
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Specialist note
Sold with a photo-certificate from Ralph Jentsch.
This work will be included in the forthcoming George Grosz catalogue raisonné in preparation by Ralph Jentsch.
This is one of three watercolours by George Grosz (lots 248-250) that were a gift from the artist to Henry Cornelius, a film director who worked with Grosz on the 1955 film adaptation of the John van Druten's Broadway play I am a Camera, and have remained in his family to this day. Inspired by Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood, the film starred Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey and Shelley Winters, with the screenplay by John Collier.
This work will be included in the forthcoming George Grosz catalogue raisonné in preparation by Ralph Jentsch.
This is one of three watercolours by George Grosz (lots 248-250) that were a gift from the artist to Henry Cornelius, a film director who worked with Grosz on the 1955 film adaptation of the John van Druten's Broadway play I am a Camera, and have remained in his family to this day. Inspired by Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood, the film starred Julie Harris, Laurence Harvey and Shelley Winters, with the screenplay by John Collier.