Lot 331
  • 331

George Grosz

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • George Grosz
  • The Moonshine Fiddler
  • Signed Grosz (lower right); titled and numbered 10 (lower left); stamped with the Nachlass stamp and numbered 1-102-9 (on the verso)
  • Watercolor on paper
  • 25 1/2 by 19 in.
  • 64.7 by 48.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 19, 1981, lot 165
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Associated American Artists, The Stick Men, 1948, no. 18

Condition

This work is in very good condition. Executed on cream colored laid paper. Hinged to the mount with two pieces of tape at the upper left and upper right hand corners of the sheet. The pigment is fresh and well preserved. There is an approximately 1/2 inch wide matte stain to the periphery of the sheet. There are a few artist's pinholes to the periphery of the sheet. The sheet is lightly but evenly time stained. Otherwise, fine.
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