ID 1306057
Lot 145 | OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Wedekind Gewidmet (Frau mit gelbem Hut)
signed, dated and numbered 'DIX 23 / 268' (lower right)
pastel, gouache, metallic watercolour, watercolour, brush and India ink, pencil and metal foil on paper
30 x 21 1/8 in. (76.1 x 53.8 cm.)
Executed in 1923
Provenance
Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Berlin, by 1957.
Private collection, North Germany, by whom probably acquired from the above, by 1963, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H.T. Flemming, 'Unbekanntes von Otto Dix', in Weltkunst, vo. XLVII, no. 11, Munich, 1 June 1977, p. 1187 (illustrated; titled 'Die Frau mit gelbem Hut (Frank Wedekind gewidmet)' and with incorrect medium).
F. Löffler, Otto Dix, Leben und Werk, Dresden, 1977, no. 53, pp. 54, 64, 134 & 413 (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Die Frau mit gelbem Hut (Frank Wedekind gewidmet)' and with incorrect medium).
B.S. Barton, Otto Dix and Die neue Sachlichkeit 1918-1925, Ann Arbor, 1981, no. 60, p. 145 (titled 'Frau Wedekind gewidmet').
S. Pfäffle, Otto Dix, Werkverzeichnis der Aquarelle und Gouachen, Stuttgart, 1991, no. A 1923 / 62, pp. 16, 31, 41, 42 & 186 (illustrated pp. 125 & 186; with incorrect medium).
J. Heusinger von Waldegg, T. Knubben & T. Osterwold, Otto Dix, Aquarelle der 20er Jahre, exh. cat., Städtischen Galerie, Ravensburg, 2002, p. 28 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Berlin, Kronprinzenpalais, Dix-Aquarellausstellung, November 1924.
Wuppertal, Städtisches Museum, Otto Dix, February - March 1957, no. 73, p. 23 (titled 'Mädchen mit Hut'; with incorrect medium).
Berlin, Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Meister des Expressionismus, Aquarelle, Bilder, Grafik, June - August 1957, no. 28, n.p. (titled 'Wedekind gewidmet'; with incorrect medium).
Hanover, Galerie für moderne Kunst, Otto Dix, October - November 1957, no. 17, n.p. (titled 'Wedekind gewidmet'; with incorrect medium).
Dusseldorf, Kunstmuseum, Otto Dix, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik, September - October 1960, no. 132, p. 31 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Berlin, Galerie Meta Nierendorf, Otto Dix, Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Das Graphische Gesamtwerk, 1913 - 1960, January - April 1961, no. 32, p. 10 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Meister des Aquarells aus der deutschen Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, August - September 1963, no. 16, n.p..
Berlin, Kongresshalle, Otto Dix, Ölgemälde 1913-1963, Aquarelle, Das graphische Werk, October 1963, no. 113, n.p. (with incorrect medium).
Kassel, Alte Galerie, Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Documenta III: Internationale Ausstellung, June - October 1964, no. 5, p. 49 (titled 'Frank Wedekind gewidmet'; with incorrect medium).
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Otto Dix, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, December 1966 - January 1967, no. 83, n.p. (illustrated pl. 65; titled 'Frank Wedekind gewidmet'); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, February - March 1967.
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Otto Dix, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Grafiken, Kartons, April - June 1977, no. 75, p. 132 (illustrated p. 77; with incorrect medium).
Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt, Otto Dix, Zum 100. Geburtstag 1891-1991, September - November 1991, no. A 1923 / 62, p. 340 (illustrated p. 130; titled 'Frank Wedekind gewidmet' and with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, November 1991 - February 1992; and London, The Tate Gallery, March - May 1992, no. 76, p. 149 (illustrated; titled 'Dedicated to Frank Wedekind' and with incorrect medium).
Berlin, Neuen Nationalgalerie, Der Potsdamer Platz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und der Untergang Preußens, April - August 2001, no. 118, p. 300 (illustrated p. 251; with incorrect medium).
Artist: | Otto Dix (1891 - 1969) |
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Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted, Watercolor |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
Artist: | Otto Dix (1891 - 1969) |
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Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted, Watercolor |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
Art style: | Modern art |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
Address of auction |
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