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Otto Dix
Soldier's Grave between the Lines1924

Not on view
Etching or aquatint print with dense black ink on cream paper, depicting a luminous skull floating over a mass of dark, agitated figures and crossed poles

Otto Dix, Karl Nierendorf, Otto Felsing Druckerei, Soldier's Grave between the Lines, 1924, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Otto Dix
Germany, 1891-1969
Title
Soldier's Grave between the Lines
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1924
Medium
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 7 5/8 x 11 3/8 in. (19.37 x 28.89 cm) Sheet: 13 15/16 x 18 7/8 in. (35.4 x 47.94 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.51a
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • McGreevy, Linda F. Bitter Witness: Otto Dix and the Great War. New York: Peter Lang, Inc., 2001.
  • Karsch, Florian. Otto Dix: das graphische Werk. Hrsg. von Florian Karsch. Eingeleitet von Hans Kinkel. Hannover: Schmidt-Küster, c. 1970
  • Benson, Timothy O. Imagined Fronts: The Great War and Global Media. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2023.
Copyright
© Otto Dix Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn