PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM LOUIS-DREYFUS FOUNDATION
GEORGE GROSZ | LUSTMORD (SEX MURDER)
Auction Closed
June 29, 05:15 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM LOUIS-DREYFUS FOUNDATION
GEORGE GROSZ
1893 - 1959
LUSTMORD (SEX MURDER)
Signed Grosz. (lower left); dated 12 (lower right); stamped with the Nachlass mark (on the verso)
Charcoal, watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on card
6¼ by 11¼ in. (15.8 by 28.6 cm)
Framed: 12¾ by 17¾ in. (32.4 by 45.1 cm)
Executed in 1912.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ralph Jentsch.
Estate of the artist
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mt. Kisco, New York (acquired by 1993)
A gift from the above to The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation in 2016
New York, New York Studio School, George Grosz in Germany: Works on Paper, 1913-1925, 2013-14, illustrated in color in the catalogue (titled Untitled)