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Knight Errantry

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George Grosz
1893-1959

Knight Errantry

20th century
23 1/4 x 18 1/8 inches (591 x 461 mm)
Brush and black ink with pen and black ink and black chalk on paper.
2009.153

The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.

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.
Inscriptions/Markings
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".
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings