GEORGE GROSZ, (1893-1959)

Artist and model (recto); Lovers (verso)

Artist and model (recto); Lovers (verso)
stamped with the artist's signature (lower right); stamped with the artist's estate stamp and inscribed '1-72-9' (verso)
watercolour, pen, ink and varnish on paper (recto); pen and India ink on paper (verso)
49.8 x 39cm (19 5/8 x 15 3/8in).
Executed in 1941

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Herr Ralph Jentsch. This work will be included in the forthcoming George Grosz catalogue raisonné of the works on paper, currently being prepared.

Provenance
The artist's studio, Long Island (1941).
The artist's estate, no. 1-72-9.
Galerie Levy, Hamburg.
Hubertus Wald Collection, Hamburg (acquired from the above in October 1988).
Hubertus Wald Charitable Foundation Collection, Hamburg; their sale, Christie's, London, 8 February 2012, lot 222.
Private collection, UK (acquired at the above sale).

Exhibited
Madrid, Galeria Levy, George Grosz, Arbeiten auf Papier: obras sobre papel 1912-1945, 14 April - 25 May 1988 (later travelled to Valencia & Hamburg).