"The Blessing of Heaven is Visibly Upon Me" for "The Robbers" ["Gottes sichtbarer Segen ist bei mir" zu "Die Räuber"]

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George Grosz (Berlin 1893 - 1959 West Berlin)
"The Blessing of Heaven is Visibly Upon Me" for "The Robbers" ["Gottes sichtbarer Segen ist bei mir" zu "Die Räuber"]
1922
Pen and ink on paper
22 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. • 565 x 460 mm
Inscribed center left edge in black ink: Stille / Nacht / Heilige / Nacht; inscribed center lower edge: 37 cm (crossed-out); inscribed lower right corner: stille Nacht / heilige Nacht / 1 / 20. Estate stamp lower left corner on verso: P 5 (this line in pencil) / George Grosz Nachlass / 3 19 8 (numbers in black ink, superimposed over pencil) / 1922. Inscribed center lower edge on verso: innerhalb 50 cm hoch / ...(abraded) cm breit; inscribed lower right corner on verso: MG / SS; Inscribed left center on verso: 87 x; Inscribed lower left on verso: 34 u (underlined)

Provenance

as per stamp: Estate of George Grosz, Princeton;
Mr. Martin Grosz, Princeton, until February 1979;
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York, since February 1979

Literature

1930    George Grosz, Die Gezeichneten (Berlin: Malik-Verlag, 1930), ill. p. 42;

1971    George Grosz, Love Above All and Other Drawings (New York: Dover Publications, 1971), ill. p. 77;

1974    George Grosz, Ein kleines Ja und ein großes Nein. Sein Leben von ihm erzählt (Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1974), p. 36 (partial);

1974    Hans Hess, George Grosz (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974), cat. no 103, b/w ill. p. 113;

1997    Frank Whitford, ed., The Berlin of George Grosz: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints, 1912 – 1930 (London; New Haven: Royal Academy of Arts; Yale University Press, 1997) p. 194, w. b/w ill., (sheet was not included in exh. of same title);</p

Exhibition History

1980    Drawings and Watercolors by George Grosz (1893-1959), Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York, April 15 – August 2, 1980, no. 21;

1985    George Grosz: gli anni di Berlino, Palazzo Reale, Milan, May 30 – July 28, 1985, no. 107;

1985    George Grosz: gli anni di Berlino, Palazzo di Diamanti, Ferrara, August 3 – October 31, 1985, no. 107;

1985    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, December 12, 1985 – January 21, 1986, no. 107;

1986    George Grosz: gli anni di Berlino, Accademia di Belle Arti, Naples, February 26 – April 13, 1986, no. 107;

1986    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, April 25 – June 8, 1986, no. 107;

1986    George Grosz: Les années berlinoises, Hôtel de Ville, Paris, June 19 – August 24, 1986, no. 107;

1986    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, September 3 – October 26, 1986, no. 107;

1986    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, Rupertinum, Salzburg, November 5, 1986 – January 10, 1987, no. 107;

1987    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz, Graz, January 15 – February 21, 1987, no. 107;

1987    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, March 12 – April 21, 1987, no. 107;

1987    George Grosz: The Berlin Years, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, June 9 – August 1, 1987, no. 107;

1987    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover, November 27, 1987 – January 24, 1988, no. 107;

1990    Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des deutschen Expressionismus, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen, July 7 – September 9, 1990 (in show, not ill. in cat);

1990    Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des deutschen Expressionismus, Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz, September 13 – October 21, 1990 (in show, not ill. in cat);

1990    Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des deutschen Expressionismus, Herforder Kunstverein, Herford, November 3 – December 5, 1990 (in show, not ill. in cat);

1990    Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des deutschen Expressionismus, Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Hoechst/Frankfurt, December 9, 1990 – February 3, 1991, (in show, not ill. in cat);

1991    Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des deutschen Expressionismus, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, March 5 – April 21, 1991, (in show, not ill. in cat);

1991    Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des deutschen Expressionismus, Künstlerhaus der Stadt Graz, Graz, May 16 – July 7, 1991, (in show, not ill. in cat);

1991    Zeichnungen und Aquarelle des deutschen Expressionismus, BAWAG Fondation, Wien, September 10 – October 31, 1991, (in show, not ill. in cat);

1992    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre, BAWAG Fondation, Wien, March 2 – April 18, 1992, no. 55;

1992    George Grosz: Berlinskie lata, International Cultural Centre, Cracow, June 24 – August 9, 1992, no. 55;

1993    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Städtische Galerie Rosenheim, Rosenheim, January 29 – March 7, 1993, no. 55;

1993    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Museum moderner Kunst, Passau, June 13 – August 29, 1993, no. 55;

1993    George Grosz: Die Berliner Jahre: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Josef Albers Museum/Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop, September 5 – December 12, 1993, no. 55;

1995    George Grosz: Les années Berlinoises: Dessins et aquarelles de 1912 – 1931, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, Paris, September 19 – November 25, 1995, no. 55;</p

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