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OTTO DIX (1891-1969)

Lot 72
28.02.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 908031
Lot 72 | OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 700 000
OTTO DIX (1891-1969)

Sadisten gewidmet

signed and dated ‘DIX 22.’ (lower left); inscribed ‘unverkäuflich’ (on the reverse)

watercolour, pen and India ink and pencil on paper

19 5/8 x 14 3/4 in. (49.8 x 37.5 cm.)

Executed in 1922





Provenance

Galerie Klihm, Munich, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and until January 1972.

Roman Norbert Ketterer, Campione, by whom probably acquired from the above.

Private collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above in 1973; sale, Christie’s, London, 29 June 1992, lot 25.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

R.N. Ketterer, Moderne Kunst VII, Munich, 1971, no. 24, p. 51 (illustrated p. 50).

B.S. Barton, Otto Dix and Die neue Sachlichkeit, 1918-1925, Michigan, 1981, no. VB2, p. 140.

S. Pfäffle, Otto Dix, Werkverzeichnis der Aquarelle und Gouachen, Stuttgart, 1991, no. A 1922/8, p. 150 (illustrated).

W. Herzogenrath & J.-K. Schmidt, Otto Dix: Zum 100. Geburtstag, 1891-1991, exh. cat., Galerie der Stadt, Stuttgart, 1991, pp. 118-119 (illustrated p. 119).

O. Peters, Otto Dix: Der unerschrockene Blick, Stuttgart, 2013, p. 81 (illustrated pl. 6a).



Exhibited

Munich, Galerie Klihm, Otto Dix: Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen, 1920-1927, June - August 1970, no. 3 (illustrated).

Paris, Goethe Institut, Otto Dix: Aquarelles, Dessins, November - December 1970, no. 11 (titled 'Dedie aux sadiques').

Munich, Galerie Klihm, Otto Dix: Entwürfe und Zeichnungen 1918 - 1938, August - September 1972.

Hamburg, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Geisterbahn und Glanzrevue: Otto Dix, Aquarelle und Gouachen, June - September 2007, no. 90, p. 149 (illustrated).

New York, Neue Galerie, Otto Dix, March - August 2010, no. 118, pp. 99-100, 153 & 247 (illustrated p. 100, fig. 14; illustrated again p. 247); this exhibition later travelled to Montreal, Musée des Beaux Arts, September 2010 - January 2011.

Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Otto Dix: The Evil Eye, February - May 2017, no. 147; this exhibition later travelled to Liverpool, Tate, June - October 2017.



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Artist:Otto Dix (1891 - 1969)
Applied technique:Pencil, Watercolor on paper
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic
Art style:Expressionism, Impressionism, Modern art
Genre:Nude art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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