Letzte Instanz. 1930.
Watercolor and India ink drawing.
Signed and dated in lower right of image, with a dedication: "To Bernard & Baki with Love from George, May 51" below. On thin wove paper. 46 x 60 cm (18.1 x 23.6 in), size of sheet.
Verso: study of a male head with cylinder. India ink drawing, crossed out in pencil.
Socio-critical watercolor, draft for the magazine 'Simplizissimus'.
PROVENANCE: Artist's studio (verso with the address label)
Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin/Dusseldorf (verso with the gallery label)
Bernard and Becky Reis, New York
Manny Silvermann Gallery, New York
Forum Gallery, New York
Achim Moeller, New York
Private ownership New York
Ralph Jentsch (with ownership entry on frame).
Private collection Germany.
LITERATURE: Simplizissimus, issue 29, 13 October 1930, p. 344 (drawing only).
Called up: June 10, 2017 - ca. 13.55 h +/- 20 min.