ID 1164022
Lot 270 | OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
Laterne (Die Motten und das Licht)
signed and dated 'DIX 23' (lower left); inscribed 'Privatbesitz Nächtliche Straße' (on the reverse)
oil pastel, watercolour, brush and wash and India ink and coloured pencil on paper
28 ½ x 19 7⁄8 in. (72.4 x 50.5 cm.)
Executed in 1923
Provenance
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in March 1972.
Literature
S. Pfäffle, Otto Dix, Werkverzeichnis der Aquarelle und Gouachen, Stuttgart, 1991, no. A 1923 / 100, pp. 45, 47, 191 (illustrated p. 97; illustrated again p. 191; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Exhibited
Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt, Otto Dix, Zum 100. Geburtstag 1891-1991, September - November 1991, no. A 1923⁄100, p. 334 (with incorrect medium and dimensions); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, November 1991 - February 1992.
| Artist: | Otto Dix (1891 - 1969) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon, Watercolor on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Otto Dix (1891 - 1969) |
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| Applied technique: | Crayon, Watercolor on paper |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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