George Grosz (1893-1959). The Police Reporter Drinks, 1937. Reed pen and pen and ink on paper. 23-3/8 x 18-1/8 inches (5...

Description

George Grosz (1893-1959)
The Police Reporter Drinks, 1937
Reed pen and pen and ink on paper
23-3/8 x 18-1/8 inches (59.4 x 46.0 cm) (sheet)
Signed and titled along lower edge: Grosz / 168 The police Reporter / The police Reporter drinks
Numbered and stamped with artist's estate stamp on the reverse: 4-20-9

PROVENANCE:
Studio of the artist, Douglaston, Long Island, New York, 1937;
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York;
Private collection, California, acquired from the above, 1980.

LITERATURE:
Unpublished version of the illustration for C. Crews, "The Police Reporter Drinks," Esquire: The Magazine for Men, May 1938.

We wish to thank Ralph Jentsch for his gracious assistance in cataloguing this lot, which will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz. A photo-certificate accompanies this lot.


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