Mar 13, 2018 - Sale 2469

Sale 2469 - Lot 379

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 8,000
GEORGE GROSZ
Lady Hamilton and Sir William Hamilton.

Pen and ink on paper, 1923. 595x455 mm; 23 3/8x18 1/8 inches. Signed in pencil, lower right.

Ex-collection the artist, Berlin, 1923; private collection.

This work relates to one of the drawings Grosz completed as illustrations for Alfred Richard Meyer's book, Lady Hamilton oder die Posen-Emma oder vom Dienstmädchen zum Beefsteak à la Nelson (see pages 32-33).

Ralph Jentsch has confirmed the authenticity of this work, August, 2017.