Bildnis Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hergt

Details

OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Bildnis Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hergt
signed with monogram and dated '51' (lower right)
oil on canvas
39 3⁄8 x 31 7⁄8 in. (100 x 81 cm.)
Painted in 1951

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 30 May 1968, lot 182.
Galleria de' Foscherari, Bologna.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2006.

Literature

F. Löffler, Otto Dix, 1891-1969, Œuvre der Gemälde, Recklinghausen, 1981, no. 4, p. 319 (illustrated).
E. Karchner, Otto Dix, La vita e le opere, Cologne, 1991.

Exhibited

Modena, Palazzina dei Giardini; Rocca di Vignola, L'eroe Borghese, Temi e figure da Schiele a Warhol, April - July 2000, no. 38, p. 153 (illustrated p. 98).

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