George Grosz
1932
New York City street scene

Silver print
5 1/4 x 8 in (13.3 x 20.3 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 22, 2007, #2115, Lot 277)
 
With an embossed estate stamp on recto and a facsimile hand stamp on verso.
 
In June 1932 the German Expressionist artist George Grosz arrived in New York, camera in hand, for a short visit. Among a select group of candid pictures he made during his brief sojourn in the U.S. Each is reproduced in Ralph Jentsch's George Grosz, das auge des kuenstlers, Photographien New York 1932, pages 96 and 81.
 
LL/19256