Otto Dix - Reading Woman
Otto Dix
Reading Woman
1922
watercolour 49.3 x 39.8 cm
Portrayed is Martha Koch, also known as "Mutzli," later the artist's wife. According to Pfäffle the artist recorded this watercolour with title and work number in his sketchbook "Otto/Martha."
Provenance
Formerly Galerie Neher, Essen
Literature
Brigid S. Barton, Otto Dix and Die Neue Sachlichkeit 1918-1925, Michigan 1981, p. 141, V B nr. 5; cf. Karin Schick, Otto Dix, Hommage à Martha, exhib. cat. Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005
Exhibitions
Munich 1970 (Galerie Klihm), Otto Dix, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Radierungen 1920-1927, cat. nr. 12 with ill.; Wien 1974 (Galerie Herzog im Pferdestall), Otto Dix, cat. nr. 70 with ill.; Bergen 1976 (Kunstforening), Kunst, Kamp, Kritikk, Tyvearenes sosialkritiske tyske kunst, nr. 3; Munich 1976 (BMW Galerie), Otto Dix, nr. 58