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Otto Dix
Deserted Position near Vis-en-Artois1924

Not on view
Horizontal etching or aquatint print in black ink on cream paper, depicting a close-up tangle of roots, leaves, and skeletal organic forms with rich tonal variation

Otto Dix, Karl Nierendorf, Otto Felsing Druckerei, Deserted Position near Vis-en-Artois, 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
Publisher
Karl Nierendorf
Germany, also active United States, 1889-1947
Printer
Otto Felsing Druckerei
Germany, Berlin, 1854-1920
Title
Deserted Position near Vis-en-Artois
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1924
Medium
Drypoint and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (19.69 x 26.04 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 x 18 13/16 in. (35.24 x 47.78 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.52e
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
Copyright
© Otto Dix Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn