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Lot 352 D

George Grosz - Downtown Manhattan. Study of a Cook

Auction 1090 - overview Cologne
31.05.2017, 18:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €

George Grosz

Downtown Manhattan. Study of a Cook
Circa 1934

Double-sided paper work. Pen and ink drawing resp. watercolour sketch on heavy ivory-coloured drawing paper 64.9 x 52 cm Framed under glass (doublesided). Black signature stamp 'GROSZ' recto lower right. Stamp "George Grosz Nachlass" verso left, therein numbered "4 42 10" and inscribed and dated "L4Nr. 1588" and "ca. 1934" resp. in pencil. - The verso painted upside (in relation to recto). - Small holes of a former attachment along the sheet edges; slightly browned margins with minor light-stain recto and verso.

Certificate

We would like to thank Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, for kind information.

Provenance

Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß, Berlin (1998); Private possession, New York; Rhenish private collection