Lust Murder I

1922

Otto Dix

Associated Names
Otto Dix

Artist, German, 1891 - 1969

This print shows a person sprawled across a bed, injured in multiple places. The gender of the person is unclear, but they appear to have light skin and long, dark hair that is spread out across the pillow. Their eyes and mouth are covered in dark black, and there is a large black gash running down their stomach to their groin. Their limbs hang over the edges of the bed, and they appear to be wearing high, lace-up boots. On the floor below the bed are indistinct objects with jagged edges, and there is a bottle in the bottom left corner. In the bottom right corner, a black dog is mounting a smaller dog with light fur. The wall behind the bed is light gray, with the faint outline of a spread-out hand of playing cards at the top of the print.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on wove cream paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.5 × 34.6 cm (10 13/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 44 × 49.8 cm (17 5/16 × 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.196

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Karsch 1970, no. 44, ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Jörg Maass Kunsthandel, Berlin); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased March 17, 2006; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Karsch, Florian. Otto Dix, das graphische Werke.Hannover, 1970: no. 44, ii/ii

Inscriptions

signed and numbered below image, in graphite: 39/50 II DIX

Wikidata ID

Q76556327

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