Southern Sailor

1923

Otto Dix

Associated Names
Otto Dix

Artist, German, 1891 - 1969

The image depicts a drawing of a person's torso from the shoulders up, shown in a three-quarter view facing left. The figure has exaggerated facial features with a prominent nose, bushy beard and mustache. The person's short dark hair appears unkempt, and they have a menacing expression with furrowed brows and a crooked smile, revealing their teeth. The person wears a sailor's hat with a ship's wheel insignia and a scarf or shawl around their shoulders. A tattoo with nautical themes is visible on their chest, just above the clothing line. The figure is holding a pipe with smoke coming from it. The background is blank, keeping the focus on the character in the drawing.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on buff laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 57.4 × 45.2 cm (22 5/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.192

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Karsch 1970, no. 59a, State only

  • Series Title

    Südlicher Matrose

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 6, 2009; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Karsch, Florian. Otto Dix, das graphische Werke.Hannover, 1970: no. 59a, only

Inscriptions

signed, dated and numbered below image, in graphite: 1/50 DIX 23

Wikidata ID

Q76556320

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