Otto Dix: Haunted Visions | Graphic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection
Otto Dix: Haunted Visions | Graphic Masterworks from an Important Private Collection
Otto Dix
Soldat und Nonne (Vergewaltigung) (K. 120)
Lot Closed
March 19, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Otto Dix
1891 - 1969
Soldat und Nonne (Vergewaltigung) (K. 120)
Etching with aquatint and drypoint, 1924, signed in pencil, numbered 7/70, printed by Otto Felsing, published by the artist, on cream laid paper, unframed
plate: 195 by 140mm 7 5/8 by 5 1/2 in
sheet: 478 by 362mm 18 7/8 by 14 1/4 in
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin
Private Collection, Switzerland (Acquired from the above in the 1960's)
Thence by descent to the present owner
At the advice of his publisher Karl Nierendorf, Dix withdrew Soldat und Nonne (Vergewaltigung) from his magnum opus, Der Krieg (see Lot 19). The art dealer feared that this one image alone would lead to the confiscation of the entire portfolio, as it would likely have offended bourgeois audiences who preferred to view front-line soldiers as heroes.