George Grosz - Pointe Rouge, Marseille - image-1

Lot 367 Dα

George Grosz - Pointe Rouge, Marseille

Auction 1134 - overview Cologne
31.05.2019, 17:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 7.000 € - 9.000 €

George Grosz

Pointe Rouge, Marseille
1927

Gouache, watercolour, and opaque colour over preparatory chalk drawing on textured card 50 x 34.4 cm Framed under glass. Signed and dedicated 'Seinem lieben/Victor zu Weihnachten 1927/herzlichst George' in pencil lower left. On the verso, stamped "George Grosz Nachlass", therein noted in ink "1 58 9". - In excellent condition.

Certificate

With a photo-certificate from Ralph Jentsch, Berlin/Rome, dated 5 March 2019; the work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the works on paper by George Grosz.

Provenance

Artist's studio (1927); A gift to Dr. Victor Steiner, husband of Grosz' older sister Cläre (1927); Artist's estate (1959); Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia