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George Grosz 1893-1959
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- George Grosz
- Theater Box with the Night-Moth Ballet and the Half-Moon Queen and the Man in the Moon on Stage
- charcoal and watercolor on thin card
- sheet: 19 3/4 by 15 3/8 in.
- 50.1 by 39 cm.
- executed in 1954
Provenance
Henry Cornelius, London
(Sale: Christie's, New York, November 11, 1987, lot 151, illustrated)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
(Sale: Christie's, New York, November 11, 1987, lot 151, illustrated)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Catalogue Note
In 1954, Grosz went to London to advise Henry Cornelius, who was directing I am a Camera, the film based on Christopher Isherwood's memoirs of Berlin in the 1930s. The present work was created to visualize the era for Cornelius.
This work is accompanied by a photocertificate from Peter Grosz dated August 5, 1987.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper being prepared by Ralph Jentsch.
This work is accompanied by a photocertificate from Peter Grosz dated August 5, 1987.
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper being prepared by Ralph Jentsch.