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Description: 1893-1959
BEGEGNUNG (THE ENCOUNTER)

BEGEGNUNG (THE ENCOUNTER)

measurements
24 5/8 by 19 1/8 in.

alternate measurements
62 by 48 cm

Executed in 1924.

Signed George Grosz (lower right) and inscribed No. 14 Begegnung (lower left); also with the Nachlass stamp (verso)

Watercolor on paper

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Ralph Jentsch.

PROVENANCE

Private Collection, United States (acquired in the 1980s)
Thence by descent to the present owner

EXHIBITED

New York, Forum Gallery, George Grosz (1893-1959): Retrospective exhibition, Berlin 1912-1932, 1963