Dance of Death Anno 17 (Totenanz anno 17), 1924

Not on View

Der Krieg

etching, aquatint, and drypoint with burnishing on laid paper

plate: 23.9 x 29.5 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

sheet: 35 x 47.4 cm (13 3/4 x 18 11/16 in.)

Karsch 1970, no. 88

2002.98.273

Otto Dix (artist) German, 1891 - 1969

Otto Felsing (printer) German, 1854 - 1920

Karl Nierendorf (publisher) German, 1889 - 1947

lower left in graphite: 26/70; lower center in graphite: XX; lower right in graphite: OD

(Graphics International, Ltd., Washington, D.C.); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased December 2, 1971; gift to NGA, 2002.

Graphics International
Kainen, Jacob

1985: German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, NGA, Washington, D.C., 1985: no. 81.

2002: An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, as Dance of Death Anno 17 from the series War.

2024: The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2024.

1970: Karsch, Florian. Otto Dix; das graphische Werke.Hannover: Fackeltrager-Verlag Schmidt-Kuster, 1970.