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Otto Dix
Circus1922

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Etching of a man and woman shown from the waist up, both with skull-and-crossbones motifs on their chests, a skull floating in the dark hatched background above them; edition number 9/50 and handwritten title below
Etching with dense crosshatching in black and gray tones; a luminous female figure in a ruffled dress dances at center, surrounded by skeletal figures above and a dark-suited male figure at lower right; numbered 9/50 with handwritten inscription below.
Etching depicting a fantastical figure with an animal head, mid-stride and blowing a trumpet, carrying a bucket and flowers, beneath a tall table holding a lamp, bottle, and a second hybrid creature; fine cross-hatched linework throughout; numbered 9/50 in pencil below.
Etching of a standing nude woman covered in tattoos depicting ships, animals, and symbols, one arm raised, wearing heels, with fine hatched lines in the background. Numbered 9/50 with a handwritten title and signature below.
Etching with dense crosshatched linework; a woman in profile holds multiple flags aloft while a smaller masked figure crouches below beating a drum; a winged figure carries a globe in the upper left.
Intaglio print with dynamic crosshatched linework depicting multiple figures in feathered headdresses and patterned garments in conflict; a large animal lies fallen in the foreground, with a flag bearing stars visible at upper left; numbered 9/50 in pencil below.
Etching depicting two figures in close proximity, both wearing head coverings, rendered with expressive cross-hatched linework against a background of diagonal geometric lines. Numbered 1/50 in pencil below the plate.
Etching, numbered 9/50, depicting a reclining figure with exaggerated facial features, hands raised to the head, rendered with dense cross-hatching; geometric lines and a circular form in the background.
Etching of a fantastical standing figure in wide stance, wearing an ornate headdress with radiating spikes, corset belt, and boots, holding a whip in one hand and a small pistol in the other, rendered in fine intaglio lines on cream paper; numbered 9/50 with handwritten title below.

Otto Dix, The disdainers of death, 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates / LACMA

Artist or Maker
Otto Dix
Title
Circus
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1922
Medium
Ten etchings with drypoint on copperplate paper
Dimensions
See individual entries.
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.50a-j
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992, vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).

  • 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.

  • Karsch, Florian. Otto Dix: das graphische Werk. Hrsg. von Florian Karsch. Eingeleitet von Hans Kinkel. Hannover: Schmidt-Küster, c. 1970
Copyright
© Otto Dix Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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