George Grosz (1893 – Berlin – 1959). ”Straße frei”. 1928 Chalk on paper. 60 × 46 cm (23 ⅝ × 18 ⅛ in.). Signed, dated and inscribed lower right: GROSZ 28 für Oskar Kanehl. Inscribed with the estate stamp and with pen in india ink on the reverse no.: 4 160 6. Accompanied by a confirmation by Ralph Jentsch, Berlin, dated 21 March 2023. The drawing will be included in the catalogue raisonné of works on paper by George Grosz by Ralph Jentsch, Rome.– [3126] Provenance: Estate of the artist / Private Collection, France Exhibition: George Grosz. The Berlin Years. New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, 1985. cat. no. 81, w. ill. / George Grosz. Gli anni di Berlino. Mailand, Palazzo Reale, and Ferrara, Palazzo di Diamanti, 1985, cat. no. 181, ill. / George Grosz. Die Berliner Jahre. Wien, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, and Munich, Villa Stuck, 1985/86, cat. no. 81, w. ill. / George Grosz. Glianni di Berlino. Neapel, Accademia di Belle Arti, 1986 / Die Berliner Jahre. Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1987, cat. no. 81, m. Abb. / George Grosz. Die Berliner Jahre. Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1987/88, cat. no. 81, w. ill. / George Grosz. Les Années Berlinoises. Paris, Musée-Galerie de la Seita, 1995, cat. no. 103, w. ill. / Tragigroteske. George Grosz. Berlin-1912-1933. New York, 1933-1959. Hamburg, Galerie Brockstedt, 2003/04, cat. no. 31, w. ill. / Portraits Allemands des années 20. Paris, Galerie Tendances, 2005, ill. p. 38 This is a variation of the title illustration of the book “Strasse frei“ by Oskar Kanehl, published 1928 in the Verlag des Spartakusbund Berlin