Female Nude with Summer Hat, Cape Cod. 1939.
Watercolor.
Verso titled, dated and inscribed "Von George Grosz selbst erworben" by a hand other than that of the artist (Florian Karsch) . On laid paper. 65.2 x 48.3 cm (25.6 x 19 in).
Two more nudes in pencil are suggested in the sheet's right background. [AM].
• Subtle and expressive watercolor.
• Characteristic erotic nude.
• George Grosz's works are in international museums like Tate Gallery, London, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Accompanied by a photo expertise from Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, dated August 11, 2022. The work will be included into the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of works on paper.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (acquired from the artist in 1958, verso with hand-written note).
Private collection Southern Germany.

EXHIBITION: 636 Werke von 50 Künstlern des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Zweiundsechzig Arbeiten von George Grosz zum hundertsten Geburtstag, Kunstblätter 56, Herbst/Winter 1993/94, Oct. 1993 to March 1994, cat. no. 20 (with color illu. p. 18) (here titled "Stehender Frauenakt mit Strohhut").

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