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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  20 Oct 2019 ~ 10am (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  582
• Lot Description:
  AUTOGRAPH LETTER: GEORGE GROSZ signed letter to NUMA TRIVAS, 1941
  24 April, 1941 ALS, in green, red and violet ink on the artist's Douglas Manor stationery; single sheet (170 x 150mm), to Numa S. Trivas, curator of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California; embellished with a small sketch by the artist in the left margin. Mounted together with a reproduction photo of the artist, which is mentioned in the letter.
• Notes:
  George GROSZ (1893-1959), although best known for his savage satirical works produced in Berlin in the Weimar period, the German Dada caricaturist and painter spent much of his career in America, where he lived and worked between 1933 and 1958. Bitterly anti-Nazi, Grosz left Germany shortly before Hitler came to power. In June 1932, he accepted an invitation to teach the summer semester at the Art Students League of New York. In October 1932, Grosz returned to Germany, but on January 12, 1933, he and his family emigrated to the United States. Grosz became a naturalized citizen of the U.S. in 1938, and made his home in Bayside, New York. In the 1930s he taught at the Art Students League, where he taught intermittently until 1955. In America, Grosz determined to make a clean break with his past, and changed his style and subject matter. He continued to exhibit regularly, and in 1946 he published his autobiography, A Little Yes and a Big No. In the 1950s he opened a private art school at his home and also worked as Artist in Residence at the Des Moines Art Center. Grosz was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate Academician in 1950. In 1954 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Though he had U.S. citizenship, he resolved to return to Berlin, and relocated there in May 1959. He died there on July 6, 1959, from the effects of falling down a flight of stairs after a night of drinking.
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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