Live Auction 11133Impressionist & Modern Art & Picasso Ceramics
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Lot 89

George Grosz (1893-1959)

A maverick from movie land

Closed5 February 2016

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GBP 6,250

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
A maverick from movie land
signed with the signature stamp and inscribed 'GROSZ A Maverick from movie land' (lower right), dated and inscribed 'to Ben Hecht 1001 Afternoon 1941' (lower left)
reed pen and pen and ink on paper
23 3/8 x 18 ¼ in. (59.4 x 46.2 cm.)
Executed in 1941

The artist's estate (with the Nachlass stamp and numbered `4.50.11' on the reverse).
Private collection, Turin.

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Sold with a photo-certificate from Ralph Jentsch.

The present work comes from a series of 86 drawings created as illustrations for ‘1001 Afternoons in Chicago’, a collection of political newspaper writings by artist’s friend Ben Hecht.