Lot 429
  • 429

George Grosz

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • George Grosz
  • Trauer (Mourning)
  • Signed Grosz (lower left); inscribed painted Berlin, titled Mourning and dated 1929 (on the verso)
  • Watercolor and ink wash on paper
  • 26 1/4 by 18 7/8 in.
  • 66.5 by 48 cm

Provenance

Aaron Sopher, Baltimore (acquired directly from the artist)
Private Collection, Baltimore (by descent from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper not laid down. T-hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. All four edges are slightly unevenly cut. Some faint mount-staining to the sheet. A 13 cm. repaired tear running from the center of the lower edge with some minor spots of foxing and studio stains in places. Intermittent pinholes across all extreme corners not visible when framed. This work is in good condition.
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