Photo © Grisebach — view this lot on Grisebach ↗Stehender Frauenakt, Um 1940
Oil
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Auction result
Sitting Unemployed Man
George Grosz (German, 1893–1959) · c. 1924
$6,875 price realized incl. premium
≈ £4,130≈ €4,647
Hammer $5,500 · with buyer’s premium $6,875
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- Medium
- Drawing (pencil) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “graphite on paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 22¼ h x 16¾ w in (57 x 43 cm)
- Auction house
- Wright
- Sale
- Living Contemporary (auctions/2011/04/living-contemporary)
- Date
- April 28, 2011
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Lot
- 118
- Estimate
- $4,000 – — (≈ £2,403) (≈ €2,704)
- Source
- Auction house wright20.com ↗Retrieved Oct 1, 2026
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