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GEORGE GROSZ (1893-1959)
Paar im Zimmer
signed, dated and inscribed ‘Grosz 1915 Südende’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
15 1/8 x 20 in. (38.4 x 50.7cm.)
Painted in Berlin in 1915
Provenance
Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist, circa 1959-1960.
Morton D. May, St. Louis, by whom acquired from the above, in 1961, and until at least 1975.
HRN Primitives [Henri Ron Nasser], New York, by whom probably acquired from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in January 1981.
Literature
K. Hoffmann-Curtius, Im Blickfeld: George Grosz John der Frauenmörder, exh. cat., Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, 1993, pp. 43-44 (illustrated p. 43, fig. 35).
P.-K. Schuster, ed., George Grosz Berlin—New York, exh. cat., Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, 1994, no. IX.2, p. 317 (illustrated).
R. Jentsch, George Grosz The Berlin Years, Milan, 1997, no. 55, p. 20 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Chicago, Richard Feigen Gallery, George Grosz Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, January - February 1961.
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Max Beckmann und die deutschen Expressionisten aus der Sammlung Morton D. May, September – December 1968; this exhibition later travelled to Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, 1968; Essen, Folkwang Museum, 1969; Bremen, Kunsthalle, April – June 1969; Badischer, Kunstverein, June - July 1969; and Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, August – September 1969.
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Morton D. May Collection of 20th Century German Masters, January – February 1970, no. 67, p. 21 (illustrated p. 103); this exhibition later travelled to St. Louis, City Art Museum, July – August 1970.
Munich, Galerie Ilse Schweinsteiger, Expressionisten 2: Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Ölbilder, Winter 1982, no. 26 (illustrated).
New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Works by German Expressionists, August – October 1982, no. 7.
New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Expressionists: Paintings, watercolors and drawings by 12 German Expressionists, December 1984, no. 26, p. 56 (illustrated p. 57).
Milan, Palazzo Reale, George Grosz gli anni di Berlino, May – July 1985, no. 2, p. 241 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Ferrara, Palazzo di Diamanti, August – October 1985; Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, December 1985 – January 1986; Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, February – April 1986; Hamburg, Kunsthalle Hamburger, April – June 1986; Paris, Hôtel de Ville, June – August 1986; Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, September – October 1986; Salzburg, Rupertinum, November 1986 – January 1987; Graz, Kulturhaus, January – February 1987; Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, March – April 1987; Tel Aviv, Museum of Art, June – August 1987; and Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, November 1987 – January 1988.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Le nu au XXe siècle, July – October 2000, no. 54.
New York, Neue Galerie, New Worlds, German and Austrian Art, 1890-1940, November 2001 – February 2002, no. 11.47, pp. 335 and 398 (illustrated p. 335).
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