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The Madam by Otto Dix

The Madam

Otto Dix · 1925

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DETAILS
Artist
Otto Dix
Date
1925
Medium
Color lithograph on cream laid paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Image/plate: 48.1 × 36.6 cm (18 15/16 × 14 7/16 in.); Sheet: 59.7 × 46.5 cm (23 9/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
Germany
Credit line
Gift of Dennis Adrian
ART MOVEMENTS
DadaismNeue Sachlichkeit
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THE ARTIST

Otto Dix

Otto Dix was a German painter and printmaker, known for his unsparingly realistic depictions of Weimar Republic society and the brutal aftermath of World War I.

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