George Grosz ^©  

(Berlino, 1893 - 1959)

GEORGE GROSZ

(Berlino 1893 - 1959)

The Fifth Wheel

1934

carpenter's pen

59.2x46.2 cm

signed lower right

on the reverse stamp Estate George Grosz with n. “6-75-4 H0313 L.N.1049”

This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity issued by Ralph Jentsch and it will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz.

This work relate to the watercolor published in O.Henry The Voyce of the City and Other Stories Limited Edition Club, New York 1935, pp. 184/185.

Provenance

Artist's studio, Bayside, Long Island (NY), 1934

George Grosz Estate, 1959

Private collection

Exhibited

Parma, Palazzo Pigorini, Goya-Grosz, il sonno della ragione, 22 September 2022 -13 January 2023 (cat. p. 77)

Bayreuth, Kunstmuseum, Goya- Grosz, Traum und Wirklichkeit, 24 June 2024 – 13 October 2024 (cat. p.179)