George Grosz (1893-1959)
拍品 132 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A. JERROLD PERENCHIO

George Grosz (1893-1959)

Ehepaar

已結束2018年11月12日

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George Grosz (1893-1959)
Ehepaar
signed 'Grosz' (lower right) and titled and numbered 'Ehepaar No. 1' (lower left)
watercolor on paper
27 3/8 x 20 3/8 in. (69.5 x 51.8 cm.)
Painted in 1928

Estate of the artist.
Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Christie's, New York, 6 October 1988, lot 106.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

專家說明

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

Grosz’s Berlin street scenes from 1925 to 1932, the year before he left Germany, are among the most important in his oeuvre. He relished in depicting people of different varieties, occupying the streets of the busy metropolis. The present work depicts a well-to-do couple on one of the streets in the shopping center of the Western part of the city. Grosz fills his scenes with undertones of political commentary, particularly critical of the bourgeoisie, such as this couple, in the years leading up to Hitler’s ascension to power.