George Grosz

Estate of the artist, Berlin, circa 1928
Bruno Cassirer, Berlin, 1930
George Grosz Estate, 1959
Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown
Sale: Sotheby's New York, 12th November 1987, lot 173
Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the late owner

George Grosz, Über alles die Liebe, 60 neue Zeichnungen, Berlin, 1920, illustrated p. 76
Alexander Dorner, "Grosz: Post-War Pilgrim's Progress", Art News, vol. XL, 1941, no. 5, illustrated p. 25
Imre Hofbauer (ed.), George Grosz, London, 1948, illustrated p. 59 (titled A different kind of recruit)
George Grosz, Love Above All and Other Drawings, 120 works by George Grosz, New York, 1971, illustrated p. 37 (titled Success! es ist erreicht)
Uwe M. Schneede (ed.), George Grosz. Die Welt ist ein Lunapark, Zurich, 1977, illustrated p. 225
Hans Hess, George Grosz, Dresden, 1982, no. 149, illustrated p. 158
Hans Hess, George Grosz, London, 1985, no. 160, illustrated p. 169

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at the upper two corners. The sheet is time-stained and there are some small scattered stains mainly to the extreme edges at the lower left corner, centre of the lower edge, and a few scattered along the lower right edge. The only ones of these stains visible when framed are those visible in the catalogue illustration. Previous mounting reveals a strip of tape running along the extreme upper edge and a strip of residual staining to the extreme lower edge, neither of which is visible when framed. There is a tiny tear towards the upper right corner and a few flattened creases towards the centre of the lower edge. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though the sheet is slightly lighter in the original.
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