Young Family (Lovers) (Junge Familie [Liebespaar]), also known under the title "Homunkulus"
1918
Artist, German, 1891 - 1969
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brush and black ink on brown wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 39.9 x 39.5 cm (15 11/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1995.34.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Lorenz 2003, Vol. I, WK 7.0.39
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Philip Sills, New York (acquired from the artist); (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 23 and 25, February 1993, no. 62); Carol Selle, New York; purchased by NGA, 1995.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
2001
A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 36, as Homunkulus.
2024
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.
Bibliography
2001
A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 36.
2003
Lorenz, Ulrike.Otto Dix Das Werverzeichnis der Zeichnungen und Pastelle.VDG: Weimar, 2003
Inscriptions
lower right in ink: DIX; lower left verso in graphite: Homunkulus 1918; upper right verso in graphite: [illegible]: Homunkulus
Wikidata ID
Q64618727