Live Auction 15978Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper
George Grosz (1893-1959)
Lot 134 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A. JERROLD PERENCHIO

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Gelungener Abend

Closed12 November 2018

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Gelungener Abend
signed and dated 'Grosz 1928' (lower left) and titled and numbered 'Gelungener Abend No. 23' (extreme lower left); with Nachlass stamp (on the reverse)
gouache, watercolor and brush and pen and India ink on paper
23 5/8 x 18 in. (60 x 46 cm.)
Executed in 1928

Estate of the artist.
Richard A. Cohn, New York.
Tommy LiPuma, Los Angeles.
Private collection, California; sale, Christie's, New York, 17 May 1984, lot 137.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Specialist note

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

In the introduction to his book, Über alles die Liebe, published in 1930, Grosz wrote: “The title shows that the subject here is interpersonal relations. Fine, but one should not expect that my drawings would resemble illustrations of usual lovers’ idyll. Realist that I am, I use my pen and brush primarily for taking down what I see and observe, and that is generally unromantic, sober and not very dreamy.”