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George Grosz
1893-1959
Knight Errantry
20th century
Brush and black ink with pen and black ink and black chalk on paper.
23 1/4 x 18 1/8 inches (591 x 461 mm)
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
2009.153
Notes:
According to Grosz scholar Ralph Jentsch, Grosz produced illustrations for fiction and short stories published in Esquire magazine from 1936 to 1939, of which this is an example.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in graphite, "Grosz"; inscribed at bottom center, in graphite, "1/2 Knight Errantry"; in black chalk, "Knight Errantry"; in graphite, "Shoot with M". Verso: in graphite, "Knight Errantry / Joel Sayre / Grosz"; "Li. No. 685 / Illustration für Esquire 1937 / 700-"; stamped with the Grosz Estate Stamp (George Grosz Nachlass) on verso at lower left and numbered, "4-74-7".
Provenance:
Joseph F. McCrindle, New York (McCrindle collection no. A0511).
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