George Grosz (1893-1959)
Bettler, Berlin
signed 'GROSZ' (lower left)
gouache, watercolor and brush and black ink on paper
23 ½ x 18 1/8 in. (59.8 x 46.1 cm.)
Painted in 1928
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Bettler, Berlin
signed 'GROSZ' (lower left)
gouache, watercolor and brush and black ink on paper
23 ½ x 18 1/8 in. (59.8 x 46.1 cm.)
Painted in 1928
The artist (until 1957). Private collection, Baltimore (1957). Acquired from the above by the present owner.
New York, Soufer Gallery, George Grosz, Watercolors of the Twenties and Thirties, November-December 1995, no. 10 (illustrated). Venice, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Madrid, Fundación Colección Thyssen-Bornemisza and Barcelona, Centre de Cultura Contemporània, George Grosz, The Berlin Years, March 1997-January 1998, p. 150, no. 334 (illustrated).
Specialist note
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.