The artist’s estate (no. 2-120-2). Ilse Schweinsteiger Kunsthandel, Munich. Acquired from the above by the present owner on 11 November 1999.
Recto: W. Schuster, Der Dank des Vaterlandes, Leipzig, 1921 (the final state illustrated on the cover). Verso: I. Ježower, Die Rutschbahn. Das Buch vom Abenteurer, Berlin, 1922 (the final state illustrated on the cover). Exh. cat., Man in the Middle - From the Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt, 2002, p. 90 (recto illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Munich, Ilse Schweinsteiger, George Grosz, 1999, no. 71.
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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