CARL GROSSBERG (ELBERFELD 1894 - LAON 1940) "Dyeing Room / Färberei" 1939 gouache on paper 50x40 cm Signed and dated 39 lower right Provenance Galleria del Levante, Milan - Munich Private collection, Milan Exhibitions 'Realism in Germany' Pullman dell'arte, Milan, 1971-72, ill. in catalogue 'Realism in Germany' Rotonda di Via Besana, Milan, December 1971 - January 1972, ill. in catalogue 'Europa Due tra sogno e impegno' Pinacoteca Comunale, Loggetta Lombardesca, Ravenna, 26 July - 15 September 1973 'Réalismes en allemagne 1919 - 1933' Musée d'art et d'industrie, Saint-Etienne, 15 February - 28 March 1974, Musées d'art et d'histoire, Chambéry, 4 April - 6 May 1974, p. 97, fig. 69 ill. in catalogue 'New Objectivity' Compagnia del Disegno, Milan, 19 January - 2 April 2005, p. 13, ill. in catalogue