Live Auction 7975Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Lot 188

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Guten Tag, Mister Kobes, sagte die Dame

Closed22 June 2011

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GBP 8,750

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Guten Tag, Mister Kobes, sagte die Dame
stamped with the signature 'GROSZ' (lower right); with the Nachlass stamp '3-82-5' (on the reverse)
brush, reed pen and pen and India ink on paper
25 5/8 x 20 5/8 in. (65.3 x 52.6 cm.)
Executed in 1924-1925

The artist's estate (no. 3-82-5).
Gillian Jason Gallery, London, by 1989.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1990.

Specialist note

This work will be included in the forthcoming George Grosz catalogue raisonné in preparation by Ralph Jentsch.


This work is related to a drawing in Heinrich Mann's novel Kobes (Berlin, 1925, chapter VI, p. 35).