OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
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ID 1470358
Lot 333 | OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Estimate value
60000GBP £ 60 000 – 80 000
Selbstbildnis 1933
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 1933 (centre right)
silverpoint on primed paper
52 x 41 cm. (20 ½ x 16 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1933
Provenance
Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin.
Acquired by 1971; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
D. Schmidt, Otto Dix im Selbstbildnis, Berlin, 1981, no. 90, pp. 130-131 (ill.) & 295 (with incorrect dimensions).
M. Freitag & M. Flügge, 'Kunst und Verkennerschaft - Otto Dix, die Ausstellungen, einige Exegeten', in: Neue bildende Kunst, vols. I & II, Berlin, 1992, p. 4 (ill.; with incorrect dimensions).
U. Lorenz, Otto Dix - Das Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen und Pastelle, vol. IV, Bonn, 2002, no. IE 1.1.3, p. 1493 (ill.; with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Otto Dix - Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, December 1966 - January 1967, no. 162, pl. 72 (ill.; with incorrect dimensions); this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, February - March 1967.
Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Otto Dix zum 80. Geburtstag: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Radierfolge 'Der Krieg', October - November 1971, no. 252, pp. 172 & 180 (ill.; with incorrect dimensions).
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Otto Dix: Peintures, aquarelles, gouaches, dessins et gravures du cycle de 'La guerre', February - April 1972, no. 122, pp. 86 & 98 (ill.; with incorrect dimensions).
Hamburg, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Otto Dix - Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Grafiken, Kartons, April - June 1977, no. 166, pp. 20 (ill.) & 134 (titled 'Selbstporträt').
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Les Réalismes: entre révolution et réaction, 1919-1939, December 1980 - April 1981, p. 6 (ill. in reverse); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, May - June 1981, no. 141, p. 116 (ill.).
Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Otto Dix - Menschenbilder: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Gouachen und Zeichnungen, December 1981 - January 1982, no. 117, p. 112 (with incorrect dimensions).
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Otto Dix, August - October 1985, no. 171, pp. 86 (ill.) & 305 (with incorrect dimensions).
Saint-Paul de Vence, Fondation Maeght, Otto Dix: Metropolis, July - October 1998, no. 155, p. 182 (ill.; titled 'Selbstporträt', with incorrect medium).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Otto Dix: Dessins d'une guerre à l'autre, January - March 2003, no. 44, pp. 96 (ill.) & 140.
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, The 1930s: The Making of 'The New Man', June - September 2008, no. 120, pp. 241 (ill.) & 392.
Artist: | Otto Dix (1891 - 1969) |
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Applied technique: | Ball pen |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Expressionism |
Genre: | Portrait |
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: | Ball pen |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
Art style: | Expressionism |
Genre: | Portrait |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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