Bockbier

George Grosz (1893-1959)
Bockbier
signed twice and dated ‘Grosz 1929’ (lower left)
gouache, watercolor and pen and black ink on paper
19¹⁄₄ x 25¹⁄₂ in. (48.9 x 64.8 cm.)
Executed in 1929

Robert Libauer, Baltimore (acquired from the artist, 1957 and until 2016).

H. von Wedderkop, "Marginalien," Der Querschnitt, February 1929, p. 117 (illustrated prior to watercolor application).
G. Grosz, "Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse. 60 neue Zeichnungen," Berlin, 1930, p. 87 (illustrated prior to watercolor application).
G. Grosz, "Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse. 60 neue Zeichnungen," Stuttgart, 1966, p. 87 (illustrated prior to watercolor application).
G. Grosz, "Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse. 60 neue Zeichnungen," Dresden, 1969, p. 87 (illustrated prior to watercolor application).
G. Grosz, "Der Spiesser-Spiegel & Das Neue Gesicht der Herrschenden Klasse," Frankfurt, 1973, p. 104 (illustrated prior to watercolor application, pl. 40).

New York, Soufer Gallery, George Grosz: Watercolors of the Twenties and Thirties, November-December 1995, no. 8 (illustrated in color).

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