Sächsische Landschaft (Saxon Landscape)

1938

Otto Dix

Associated Names
Otto Dix

Artist, German, 1891 - 1969

This image shows a landscape view from an elevated perspective, overlooking a gently rolling countryside. The horizon is positioned in the upper third of the image, where hills meet the sky. A large building is atop the rightmost hill. The drawing style features pencil or ink lines forming cloud patterns in the sky and trees in the landscape. The color palette is monochromatic with a pinkish-brown tint. Closest to us are fields, a path, and trees. Beyond are more trees, buildings, and the undulating terrain stretching far into the distance.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown and black ink over pencil and lead white on pink paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    overall: 47 x 57.4 cm (18 1/2 x 22 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2003.47.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, 7 December 2002, no. 623); (via Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); purchased by NGA, 2003.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

Inscriptions

lower center in ink: 19 (monogram) 38; lower left verso in graphite: Säschsische Landschaft; lower right verso in graphite: Fan Passe 19 (not deciphered)

Wikidata ID

Q64618729

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