Live Auction 2438Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Lot 155 Property from a Private Collection, United States

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Cain and Abel

Closed5 May 2011

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USD 27,500

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Cain and Abel
signed and dated 'Grosz 38' (lower left)
watercolor, brush and pen and India ink and charcoal on paper
18 7/8 x 24 7/8 in. (48 x 63.2 cm.)
Executed in 1938

Henri Weiner, Long Island (gift from the artist, 1938).
Acquired by the present owner, 2004.

Specialist note

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

This work was published in Esquire Magazine, September 1938, for the short story "The Silver Fleet of Time" written by Paul Haggard, the nom de plume of the work's first recorded owner.