Live Auction 2438Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Lot 148 Property from a Private Collection, United States

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Ida (Figurine für Ivan Goll) (recto); Methusalem oder der Ewige Bürger (verso)

Closed5 May 2011

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Ida (Figurine für Ivan Goll) (recto); Methusalem oder der Ewige Bürger (verso)
inscibed 'Ida weisses Kleid' (lower right; recto); inscribed, dated and with Nachlass stamp 'Der Ewige Bürger 1922' (verso)
watercolor and pen and India ink on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)
18 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (47.3 x 30.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1922

Estate of the artist.
Stanley John Allen; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 3 November 2005, lot 266.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Specialist note

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

The present watercolor is a costume study for Iwan Goll's 1922 play, Methusalem, other designs for which reside in the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.