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Lot 392 D

Otto Dix - Mädchenkopf

Auction 1110 - overview Cologne
01.06.2018, 17:00 - Modern Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €

Otto Dix

Mädchenkopf
Circa 1936 - 1941

Pencil drawing on yellowish firm drawing card 22.8 x 17.8 cm Monogrammed with signum lower right. - With drawing pin holes in the corners and in central upper margin. Weak light stain on the left; partially with small brownish stains and foxing. Minimally wavy.

The drawing belongs to the group of works recorded as "Altmeisterliche Kinderporträts - Skizzen, Sudien, Kartons" in the catalogue raisonné (cf. Lorenz IE 2.3.).

Catalogue Raisonné

Not recorded by Lorenz

Certificate

We would like to thank Ulrike Lorenz, Mannheim, for kind information confirming the authenticity. The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of drawings and pastels by Otto Dix and is registered in the Dix-Archive under the cat. rais. no. "Lorenz IE 2.3.24".

Provenance

Formerly Dr Hans Koch collection, Düsseldorf/Randegg; Succession Koch, Upper Bavaria

Literature

Exhib. cat. Remmert und Barth, Düsseldorf, Otto Dix - Bilderbuch für Hana, Düsseldorf 2016, p.125 with illus.