George Grosz - Reisen bildet - image-1

Lot 190 D

George Grosz - Reisen bildet

Auction 1201 - overview Cologne
02.06.2022, 11:00 - Day Sale - Modern Art
Estimate: 10.000 € - 12.000 €
Result: 10.080 € (incl. premium)

George Grosz

Reisen bildet
Circa 1927

Pen and ink drawing on chamois-coloured paper with watermark "B CRAYON ANC-NE MANUF-RE CANSON & MONTGOLFIER VIDALON LES ANNONAY". 64 x 49 cm. Framed under glass. Stamp signature 'GROSZ' lower right, titled 'Reisen bildet' left in pencil, inscribed 'P 29' upper left in pencil. - Estate stamp verso numbered "3-103-4" therein in ink and inscribed and dated "Lu Nr.701 ca. 1927 Über Alles die Liebe p. 58" in pencil. Published in: George Grosz,Über Alles die Liebe. 60 neue Zeichnungen, Bruno Cassirer (ed.), Berlin 1930. - Minor traces of use; minor yellow spots to lower margin.

Certificate

With confirmation from Enzo Diomede, Studio d'arte grafica Milan, from 31 March 1979

Provenance

Estate of the artist; Studio d'arte grafica, Milan; Private property, Milan; Private collection, Italy

Literature

Cf. Love above all, Über Alles die Liebe, and other drawings. 120 works by George Grosz, New York 1971, full page illus. p. 28 ("A blank page, or The inexperienced - unbeschriebenes Blatt").