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Coffee house / Café
Lost Art-ID
596576
Artist
Grosz, George
Birth
1893.07.26, Berlin
Death
1959.07.06, Berlin
Place of activity
Berlin
Title
Coffee house / Café
Datierung
1915
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
oil : canvas / painted
Height
46.30 cm
Width
55.60 cm
Description
"Café scene: Waiter, two small Pils";
signed, dated and inscribed on verso of canvas: "GROSZ/1915/SüdEnde"; inscription crossed out by the artist (not legible); canvas stamped with stencils: "1O'und,F";
signed on verso of the frame: "GROSZ"; number by other hand in blue chalk: ,k.c.682I'
Provenance
1915 Studio of the artist, Berlin-Südende, Stephanstraße 15; [...]; collection Hugo Graetz, Berlin (1931), collection Robert Graetz, Berlin; [...] - Nazi persecution-related withdrawal cannot be ruled out; since c. 1950 private property, Berlin; given by the then owner for auction at Christie`s, London, in 2006; 6 February 2006 auction Christie's, London, lot 7 ("Caféhaus", with colour illustrations); Private collection, Geneva
Literature / Source
Hanzai Kagaku (Criminal Science), Zeitschrift, März 1931, Vol. 2, Nr. 3, Farbabb. auf Seite betitelt
,EROS?‘, (Bildunterschrift in Japanisch, übersetzt: „Cafe-George Grosz - Living in Berlin - Hugo Gretz-Collection");
Ralph Jentsch, George Grosz - Ouevre-Katalog der Gemälde, Band 1, Berlin, Nr. 1915
Published since
Contact
Dr. Ewald Volhard
Position
Administrator und Koordinator des Projektes zur Rekonstruktion der Sammlung Robert Graetz
Phone
+49 171 227 8411
Contact
Dr. Mara Wantuch-Thole
Position
Administratorin und Koordinatorin des Projektes zur Rekonstruktion der Sammlung Robert Graetz
Phone
+ 49 178 544 7876
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