Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation
George Grosz
Lustmord (Pleasure Murder)
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
Property from The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation
George Grosz
1893 - 1959
Lustmord (Pleasure Murder)
signed Grosz (lower right); titled (lower left)
pen and ink on paper
11 by 8 ⅞ in.
27.9 by 22.5 in.
Executed in 1913.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ralph Jentsch.
Estate of the artist
Private Collection
William Louis-Dreyfus, Mount Kisco, New York (acquired in 1993)
Acquired as a gift from the above in 2016 by the present owner
New York, Peter Deitsch Fine Arts Inc., George Grosz, 1893 - 1959. A Selection of Early Drawings from 1910 - 1920, 1968, no. 17, illustrated (titled Lustmord (Crime of Passion))
New York, New York Studio School, George Grosz in Germany: Works on Paper, 1913 - 1925, 2013-14, pl. 4, illustrated in color (titled Untitled)