Exhibited: Musee National d’ Art Moderne, Dada. (Listed as “Grimmige Mann”, 1918; with the provenance as Gallery Nierendorf, Berlin)
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| 690. George Grosz (German, 1893-1959), “Grim Man”, c. 1918; ink drawing/paper, 18" x 11.5", unsigned, various labels verso. Provenance: ACA Galleries, NYC. Grosz was a propagandist for the social revolution, and joined the German Communist party in 1922. He was disillusioned by the Russians, and quit the party, but then became a leader of Berlin’s Rote Gruppe, an organization of revolutionary Communist artists. Grosz’s activities were not unnoticed, and he began to feel an increasing threat from the establishment to his personal safety. After receiving an invitation to teach at the Art Students League in New York, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1933, and became a U.S. citizen in 1938. REF: Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany, Barron (LACMA). 6000-8000 Exhibited: Musee National d’ Art Moderne, Dada. (Listed as “Grimmige Mann”, 1918; with the provenance as Gallery Nierendorf, Berlin) |
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