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OTTO DIX (1891-1969)

Lot 265
08.03.2024 13:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1164086
Lot 265 | OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 500 000
OTTO DIX (1891-1969)

Frau mit rotem Hut

signed and dated 'DIX 21' (lower right)

oil on linen

18 1⁄8 x 16 7⁄8 in. (45.8 x 43 cm.)

Painted in 1921





Provenance

Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, by 1957.

Private collection, North Germany, by whom acquired by October 1963, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

F. Löffler, Otto Dix, Leben und Werk, Dresden & Vienna, 1967, no. 38, p. 372 (illustrated p. 38; titled 'Mädchen mit rotem Hut' and incorrectly catalogued 'oil on paper').

F. Löffler, "Kunst als Sinngebung unserer Zeit, Otto Dix 75 Jahre alt" in Die Kunst und das schöne Heim, vol. 64, Munich, 1966, p. 113 (illustrated fig. 2).

W. Schmied, Neue Sachlichkeit und Magischer Realismus in Deutschland, Hanover, 1969, no. 313 (illustrated pl. II; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on paper').

"The Arts Reviewed" in Connoisseur, January 1979, p. 74 (illustrated).

F. Löffler, Otto Dix, Œuvre der Gemälde, Recklinghausen, 1981, no. 1921-11 (illustrated; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on paper').

E. Karcher, "Otto Dix" in Meister der modernen Kunst, Naefels, 1992, p. 77.

S. Sabarsky, Otto Dix, Paris, 1992, no. 21, p. 69 (illustrated).

E. Karcher, Otto Dix, Cologne, 2002, p. 77 (illustrated; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on cardboard').



Exhibited

Munich, Galerie Thannhauser, Otto Dix, June - July 1926, no. 5 (titled 'Mädchen').

Wuppertal, Städtisches Museum, Otto Dix, February - March 1957, no. 6, p. 11 (incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on paper').

West Berlin, Kongreßhalle, Otto Dix, Ölgemälde 1913-1963, Aquarelle, Das graphische Werk, October 1963, no. 20 (incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on panel').

Hamburg, Kunstverein, Otto Dix, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, December 1966 - January 1967, no. 18 (illustrated pl. 2; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on paper'); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, February - March 1967.

Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt, Otto Dix zum 80. Geburtstag, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Radierfolge "Der Krieg", October - November 1971, no. 42 (illustrated).

Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Otto Dix, Peintures, aquarelles, gouaches, dessins et gravures du cycle de "La guerre", February - April 1972, no. 29, p. 41 (illustrated p. 35; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on board').

Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Neue Sachlichkeit und Realismus, April - July 1977, no. 31, p. 210 (illustrated on the cover & p. 32; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on paper').

London, Hayward Gallery, Neue Sachlichkeit and German Realism of the Twenties, November 1978 - January 1979, no. 36, p. 140 (illustrated p. 25; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on paper').

Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, German Realism of the Twenties, The Artist as Social Critic, September - November 1980, no. 1, p. 80 (illustrated; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on board'); this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Museum of Contemporary Art, November 1980 - January 1981.

Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Otto Dix, August - October 1985, no. 187, p. 305 (illustrated p. 118; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on board').

Genoa, Centro per le Arti Visive e Museo d'Arte, Otto Dix, July - September 1986, no. 16, p. 201 (illustrated p. 57); this exhibition later travelled to Naples, Accademia di Belle Arti, December 1986 - February 1987.

Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Otto Dix, September - November 1987.

Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt, Otto Dix zum 100. Geburtstag, September - November 1991; this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, November 1991 - February 1992.

London, Tate Gallery, Otto Dix, March - May 1992, no. 35, p. 107 (illustrated; incorrectly catalogued as 'oil on board').

Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Bubikopf und Gretchenzopf, die Frau der zwanziger Jahre, September - November 1995, p. 70 (illustrated p. 71).

Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Otto Dix, Metropolis, July - October 1998, no. 33, p. 246 (illustrated p. 97).
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