GEORGE GROSZ | LOVERS - RECTO & STANDING FEMALE NUDE - VERSO

GEORGE GROSZ
1893 - 1959
LOVERS - RECTO
STANDING FEMALE NUDE - VERSO

stamped George Grosz (lower right) - recto
stamped with the Estate Stamp and numbered UC-337-6 - verso
oil and mixed media on paper - recto
pen and ink and pencil on paper - verso
45.7 by 59 cm., 18 by 23¼ in.
Framed: 71.8 by 84.1 cm., 28¼ by 33⅛ in.
Executed in 1940.

Condition Report:
[Executed on cream wove paper. There are artist's pinholes in all four corners and along all four edges. There is a small tear to the upper left edge of the sheet and a small loss to the upper right corner. The medium is well-preserved and the colors are bright and fresh. There is staining to the sheet's verso due to seeping from the oil paint on the recto. There are some minor spots of foxing on the verso. The work is in very good condition.

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Catalogue Note:
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ralph Jentsch.

Provenance:
Studio of the artist, Douglaston, Long Island
Private Collection (acquired after 1959)