Lot 177 | George Grosz | Sie sind Minister nun

GROSZ, GEORGE
Berlin 1891 - 1959

Title: Sie sind Minister nun.
Date: 1924.
Technique: India ink on JCA France INGRE (watermark).
Measurement: 62,5 x 48cm.
Notation: Estate stamp of the artist lower left verso with the registered no.: 3 100 2. Here inscribed aswell.

We have received confirmation of this work from Mr Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, dated 19th October 2024. The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper currently in preparation.

Provenance:
- Atelier of the artist, Berlin
- George Grosz estate (since 1959)
- Private collection, Germany

Exhibitions:
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice 1997
- Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid 1997/98
- The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura 2000
- The Itamy City Museum of Art, 2000
- Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, 2000
- Académie de France, Rome 2007
- Zentrum für verfolgte Künste im Kunstmuseum Solingen, 2015
- Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, 2015
- Bröhan-Museum, Berlin 2018

Literature:
- Exhib. cat. George Grosz, The Berlin Years, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice 1997, cat. no. 270, ill.
- Exhib. cat. George Grosz, Berlin-New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura 2000, cat. no. II-58, ill.
- Exhib. cat. George Grosz, Berlin-New York, Académie de France, Milan 2007, cat. no. 163, ill.
- Exhib. cat. George Grosz, Alltag und Bühne, Berlin 1914-1931, Zentrum für verfolgte Künste im Kunstmuseum Solingen/ Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Solingen 2015,, p. 106, ill.
- Exhib. cat. George Grosz in Berlin, Bröhan-Museum, Berlin 2018, cat. no. 57, ill.

- Grosz's works from the 1920s are among the most sought-after on the art market
- Habitually astute and satirical depiction of the politics and society of the Weimar Republic
- Wonderful example of Grosz's virtuosity as a draughtsman and caricaturist