OTTO DIX (1891-1969)

Lot 347
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Lot 347 | OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
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£ 180 000 – 250 000
OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Der Krieg
the complete set of fifty etchings with drypoint and aquatint
1924
on BSB laid paper
in five volumes, each with title page, the signed and numbered justification, and table of contents
copy number 66 from the edition of 70
published by Karl Nierendorf, Berlin,1924, printed by Otto Felsing, Berlin
each plate signed in pencil, numbered 66/70, and inscribed with the plate number in Roman numerals
the full sheets, in five folders
in very good condition
Plates 29,5 x 25,7 cm. (11 5/8 x 10 1/8 in.) (and smaller)
Sheets 35 x 47,5 cm. (13 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.) (and similar)
Overall 50,5 x 40,5 cm. (19 7/8 x 16 in.) (each folder)(50)




Provenance

Acquired in the 1960s on the German art market; then by descent to the present owners.



Literature

F. Karsch (ed.), Otto Dix - Das graphische Werk, Hannover, 1970, nos. 70-120, pp. 151-163.



Exhibited

Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Callot, Goya, Dix - Krieg, December 2002 – March 2003 (no cat.).
Berlin, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Kassandra - Visionen des Unheils 1914-1945, November 2008-February 2009, no. III 3/51-59, pp. 195-197 (ill.) (plates 5, 7, 12, 13, 31, 33, 39, 40 & 42 only).
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Otto Dix – Der Krieg, April – August 2011 (no cat.).
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