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George GROSZ
26 June - 21 July 2012
The Fatal Truth:
Drawings & Prints

01-BERLIN-SUDENDE-1912 03-IM-HAREM-1912-Charcoal-GROSZ 04-DIE-SPINNE-1913--The-spider--Etching-and-drypoint-GROSZ 05-SALONSZENE--Salon-scene--1913-Pen-and-ink-GROSZ

George Grosz
BERLIN-SÜDENDE 1912
Chalk on chamois lithographic transfer paper,
12.8 x 20.8 cm
Inscribed 12  in pencil
by another hand lower left.  Estate stamp,
numbered 4-173-9 verso.

George Grosz
IM HAREM 1912
(In the Harem)
Charcoal on thin, chamois drawing paper, 20.7 x 29 cm
Signed Grosz in
charcoal lower right.
Estate stamp and numbered 4-151-10  verso.

George Grosz
DIE SPINNE 1913
(The spider)
Etching and drypoint on cream wove paper, 17 x 12 cm
(24.5 x 17.5 cm)
Signed and dated Grosz 13  in pencil lower right.  Signed and inscribed again 13.
Grosz
in the lower left corner.
Dückers E 12 II (of II)

George Grosz
SALONSZENE 1913
(Salon scene)
Pen and brown ink drawing on thin yellowish drawing paper, 22.8 x 28.8 cm
A chalk study of a hand verso,
Signed Grosz in pencil lower right and dated 1913.  Estate stamp and numbered 3-33-9 verso.

       
06-ZIRKUSDAMEN-1912--Circus-ladies--Pen-and-ink-GROSZ 07-FANN--K-1915-Charcoal-and-pencil-GROSZ 09-GROTESKER-TANZ-1915-Grotesque-dance 10-STRASSENALLEE-1916--The-avenue--Brush-and-India-ink-GROSZ

George Grosz
ZIRKUSDAMEN 1912
(Circus ladies)
Pen and ink drawing on thin, yellowish drawing paper,
22.8 x 28.7 cm
Signed Grosz in black ink lower right. Estate stamp and numbered 3-35-6 verso.

George Grosz
FANNŸ K  1915
Charcoal and pencil on drawing paper
28.1 x 20.8 cm
With other pencil sketches verso.
Signed Grosz in pencil, titled Fannÿ K/ and dated 15 lower right.

George Grosz
GROTESKER TANZ 1915 (published 1924)
(Grotesque dance)
Photolithograph,
42 x 31 cm (67.5 x 49.7 cm)
Signed in pencil lower right Grosz
Estate stamp verso.
Dückers E 31

George Grosz
STRASSENALLEE  1916
(The avenue)
Brush and India ink on wove paper
37.9 x 29.5 cm
Signed with ink Grosz lower right.
Dated July August 1916.
Provenance: Private collection, USA since circa 2005. Gallery St. Etienne, New York

       
11-NEGERTANZ--Negro-dance--1917-Pen-and-ink-drawing-GROSZ 12-VERSUNKEN-1917--Immersed--Pen-and-ink-GROSZ 13-LEG-ALL-DEIN-LEID-1918--Bravely-Place-Al-Your-Sorrows--Pencil-pen-and-ink-GROSZ 14-DER-ZUCHTHAUSLER-1919-The-convict

George Grosz
NEGERTANZ 1917
(Negro dance)
Pen and ink drawing on
chamois wove paper,
27.8 x 20.3 cm
Signed Grosz in pencil and inscribed in the lower left
corner 117. Negertanz, titled Neger-tanz by the artist in pen and ink lower right. Signed again and dedicated lower right To Ernest Fiene to remember his friend George Grosz  May 59.

George Grosz
VERSUNKEN  1917
(Immersed)
Reed pen, pen and ink drawing on grey-brown laid paper,
60 x 45 cm
Signed Grosz in pen and
brown ink lower right. Estate stamp and numbered 3-45-5 verso.

George Grosz
LEG ALL DEIN LEID... 1918
(Bravely Place All Your Sorrows…)
Reed pen, pencil, pen and ink drawing on sturdy
drawing card
37.5 x 34.2 cm
(50.8 x 36.7 cm)
Inscribed in pencil lower right: Bravely place all your sorrows
in God, trust the doctor even when it hurts
. Estate stamp and numbered 3-54-5 verso.

George Grosz
DER ZUCHTHÄUSLER 1919
(The convict)
Lithograph, from the edition of 40,
on chamois wove paper.
46.2 x 34.4 cm (62.9 x 51.4 cm)
Published by Galerie Hans Goltz, Munich 1920.
Signed Grosz in pencil lower right, numbered 9 lower left.
Dückers E 52

       
15-PARASITEN-1919-Parasites 16-STRASSENSZENE-1919-1920--Street-scene--Lithograph-GROSZ 17-VOLLKOMMENE-MENSCHEN--Perfect-people--1920-Lithograph-GROSZ 18-KEIN-HAHN-KRAHT-NACH-IHNEN-1920--Nobody-cares-about-them--Lithograoh-GROSZ

George Grosz
PARASITEN 1919
(Parasites)
Lithograph on brownish wove paper. one of at least 3 unnumbered proofs aside from edition of 40 numbered
40 x 32 cm (63.7 x 50.1 cm)
From the series
From the Cycle Parasites,
Signed Grosz lower right in pencil.
Dückers E 55

George Grosz
STRASSENSZENE  1919/20
(Street scene)
Lithograph, one of 10 impressions on chamois Japan from the total edition of 130.
52.5 x 38.3 cm
Signed in pencil lower right Grosz.
Published in the portfolio Bauhaus Drucke- Neue Europäische Graphik, Weimar 1921.
Dückers E 60

George Grosz
VOLLKOMMENE MENSCHEN 1920
(Perfect people)
Lithograph, from the edition of 125,
published in DIE SCHAFFENDEN.
27.5 x 21.8 cm (40.8 x 31cm)
Signed in pencil lower right GROSZ.
Dückers E 62

George Grosz
KEIN HAHN KRÄHT NACH IHNEN 1920
(Nobody cares about them)
Lithograph on yellowish wove paper.
Ca. 27.5 x 22 cm (41.1 x 31 cm)
Signed Grosz in pencil lower right.
Published with Vollkocmene Menschen (Perfect People) at DIE SCHAFFENDEN, 2nd volume, 4th portfolio, by Paul Westheim, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, Weimar 1920.  With blindstamp DIE SCHAFFENDEN  lower left corner.
Dückers E 63

       
19-AMEISEN-1920--Ants--Photolithograph-GROSZ 20-VOR-DEN-FABRIKEN--Outside-the-factories--1921-Photolithograph-GROSZ 21-INFLATION-1920-Photolithograph-GROSZ 22-LADY-HAMILTON-1922-Brush-reed-penk-and-ink-GROSZ

George Grosz
AMEISEN  1920
(Ants)
Photolithograph, on handmade thick paper, edition of 100.
26.2 x 37.8 cm (35 x 48.5 cm)
Signed in pencil lower right
Plate 1 from Im Schatten,
(In the shadows) a series of 9 photolithographs (plus title-page),
published by Malik-Verlag 1922.
Dückers M IV, 1

George Grosz
VOR DEN FABRIKEN1921
(Outside the factories)
Photolithograph, from the
edition of 100 impressions
(edition C of D)
on sturdy, textured laid paper
33.5 x 26 cm (48.8 x 35 cm)
Signed in pencil lower right Grosz.
Plate 2 from Im Schatten,
(In the shadows) a series of 9 photolithographs (plus title-page), published by
Malik-Verlag 1922.
Dückers M IV, 2

George Grosz
INFLATION 1920
(Inflation)
Photolithograph, on sturdy, textured laid paper, 34 x 23.5 cm (49 x 35.5 cm)
Signed in pencil lower right Grosz.
Plate 8 from Im Schatten, a series of 9 photo-lithographs (plus title-page), published by Malik-Verlag 1922.
Dückers M IV, 8

George Grosz
LADY HAMILTON 1922
Brush, reed pen, pen and ink drawing on thin drawing paper, 43.6 x 29.7 cm
Signed Grosz in pencil lower right.
Estate stamp and numbered 2-122-6 verso.

       
23-TANZENDE-1926--Dancer--Reed-pen-and-ink-GROSZ 24-IM-DRAHTVERHAU-VIGNETTE-ZU-HOFFNUNG-1928--The-fate-of-all-flesh--Reed-penk-and-ink-GROSZ 25-STREET-SCENE-NEW-YORK-1935-Brush-reed-pen-and-ink-GROSZ 26-SHIPWRECKED-1935-Reed-pen-and-ink-GROSZ

George Grosz
TANZENDE 1926
(Dancer)
Reed pen, pen and ink drawing on chamois drawing paper,
48.1 x 32.5 cm
Estate stamp,
numbered 2-140-1, and with a small pen and
ink drawing verso.

George Grosz
IM DRAHTVERHAU. VIGNETTE ZU HOFFNUNG  1928
(Wire entanglement,
vignette for ‘Hope’)
Reed pen, pen and ink drawing on drawing paper,
42.9 x 46.2 cm
Signed and dated Grosz 1928
in pencil lower right, numbered below and inscribed № 10 Vignette zu Hoffnung.
Estate stamp and numbered 2-145-3 verso

George Grosz
STREET SCENE. NEW YORK 1935
Brush, Reed pen, pen and ink drawing
on a full sheet of MBM (FRANCES) INGRES D’ARCHES laid paper
48.1 x 63.2 cm
Signature stamp Grosz lower right.
Estate stamp, numbered 4-62-5, and a pen and ink drawing of a pedestrian with a hat, verso

George Grosz
SHIPWRECKED  1935
Reed pen, pen and ink drawing on laid paper, 48.2 x 63.7 cm
Signed Grosz in brown ink lower right and inscribed 9 shipwrecked in the lower margin. Estate stamp and numbered 4-62-9 verso. With the paper manufacturer’s blindstamp Strathmore Artist upper right corner.