Nächtliche Erscheinung (Nighttime Apparition)

1923

Otto Dix

Associated Names
Otto Dix

Artist, German, 1891 - 1969

The image is a portrait featuring the upper half of a person depicted in an abstract and expressive style. The individual faces forward with a slight head tilt. Their facial features are rendered in a dark, textured manner, making it challenging to distinguish clear details. The person wears a headpiece with feather or leaf-like extensions above their head. The clothing includes a dark, fur-like collar encircling the neck, with less defined clothing below. No distinctive jewelry or objects are visible. The background consists of abstract, loosely sketched elements in black and white shades.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Alan and Marianne Schwartz Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 47.8 x 26.9 cm (18 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 64.5 x 50.2 cm (25 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.13.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Karsch 1970, no. 64, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Worthington Gallery, Inc., Chicago); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

  • Medieval to Modern: Recent Acquisitions of Drawings, Prints, and Illustrated Books, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2008, no. 164.

Bibliography

1970

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

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 27/65 / Nächtliche Erscheinung; lower right in graphite: ED'23

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