George Grosz (1893-1959)
No casting (to Ben Hecht)
inscribed 'No casting to Ben Hecht 1001 Afternoon' (lower sheet margin)
pen and India ink on paper
22? x 18½ in. (57 x 47 cm.)
Executed in 1941
George Grosz (1893-1959)
No casting (to Ben Hecht)
inscribed 'No casting to Ben Hecht 1001 Afternoon' (lower sheet margin)
pen and India ink on paper
22? x 18½ in. (57 x 47 cm.)
Executed in 1941
The artist's estate (with the Nachlass stamp and numbered '4.27.10' on the reverse), until 1959.
Acquired by the present owner before 1992.
B. Hecht, 1001 Afternoons in New York, New York, 1941 (illustrated p. 148).
Milan, Galleria del Milione, George Grosz, 1912-1943, December 1984 - January 1985, no. 63 (illustrated).
Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, Goya, Daumier, Grosz, Il trionfo dell'idiozia, Pregiudizi, follie e banalitá dell'esistenza europea, April - May 1992, no. 257 (illustrated p. 235); this exhibition later travelled to Rome, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo.
專家說明
Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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