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Otto Dix
Dead Man in the Mud1924

Not on view
Horizontal etching or aquatint of a reclining nude figure in gestural black lines and mottled gray tones, numbered 15/70 below the plate mark

Otto Dix, Karl Nierendorf, Otto Felsing Druckerei, Dead Man in the Mud, 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
Dead Man in the Mud
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1924
Medium
Etching and aquatint on laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 7 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (19.69 x 25.72 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 x 18 11/16 in. (35.24 x 47.47 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.53c
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.

  • Barron, Stephanie et al., German Expressionism 1915-1925: The Second Generation. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • Chipp, Herschel B. and Karin Breuer. The Human Image in German Expressionist Graphic Art From the Robert Gore Rifkind Foundation. Berkeley: University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1981.
  • 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