Lot Essay
This drawing is a study for the etching Vohse (Karsch 22). According to Ulrike Lorenz, this is one of the few nude drawings which Otto Dix directly translated into a print.
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Hedwig
Details
Otto Dix (1891-1969)
Hedwig
signed and dated 'DIX 1921' (lower right) and inscribed 'Hedwig' (upper right)
black crayon on paper
19 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (49.3 x 34.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1921
Hedwig
signed and dated 'DIX 1921' (lower right) and inscribed 'Hedwig' (upper right)
black crayon on paper
19 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. (49.3 x 34.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1921
Provenance
Hans Goltz, Munich.
Galerie Klihm, Munich.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1972.
Galerie Klihm, Munich.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1972.
Literature
H. Kinkel, Otto Dix, Protokolle der Hölle, Zeichnungen, Frankfurt & Hamburg, 1968 (illustrated p. 66).
B.S. Barton, Otto Dix und die Neue Sachlichkeit, Michigan, 1971, no. IV.C.55.
U. Lorenz, Otto Dix, Das Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen und Pastelle, vol. 8, Weimar, 2003, no. EDV 5.1.18 (illustrated p. 683).
B.S. Barton, Otto Dix und die Neue Sachlichkeit, Michigan, 1971, no. IV.C.55.
U. Lorenz, Otto Dix, Das Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen und Pastelle, vol. 8, Weimar, 2003, no. EDV 5.1.18 (illustrated p. 683).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Otto Dix, 1966, no. 134; this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein.
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Otto Dix, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierfolge "Der Krieg", December 1971 - January 1972, no. 59; this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Rome, Galleria Giulia, Turin, Milan, Galleria del Levante, Bologna, Galleria Forni and Bolzano, Galleria Goethe.
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Otto Dix, August - October 1985, no. 333.
Essen, Museum Folkwang, Otto Dix, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierfolge "Der Krieg", December 1971 - January 1972, no. 59; this exhibition later travelled to Frankfurt, Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, Rome, Galleria Giulia, Turin, Milan, Galleria del Levante, Bologna, Galleria Forni and Bolzano, Galleria Goethe.
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Otto Dix, August - October 1985, no. 333.
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This drawing is a study for the etching Vohse (Karsch 22). According to Ulrike Lorenz, this is one of the few nude drawings which Otto Dix directly translated into a print.