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Otto Dix
Scherzo1920

Not on view
Woodcut print with dense black ink on cream paper, dynamic tangle of stylized human and animal-like figures with bold white cut lines and expressionistic marks

Otto Dix, Scherzo, 1920, 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
Scherzo
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1920
Medium
Woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in. (23.97 x 17.46 cm); Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 11/16 in. (42.23 x 34.77 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.56i
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.

  • Karsch, Florian. Otto Dix: das graphische Werk. Hrsg. von Florian Karsch. Eingeleitet von Hans Kinkel. Hannover: Schmidt-Küster, c. 1970
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1992, vol. 29-30, no. 12-1 (December, 1991-January, 1993).
Copyright
© Otto Dix Estate / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn