Otto Dix Color Etching – Detail From ‘Circus’
7.500,00€
Otto Dix Color Etching – Detail From ‘Circus’
Otto Dix (1891-1969) ‘Circus’
‘Circus’ was a portfolio issued in 1922 depicting different Circus artists
Etching based on the original pen and ink drawing of 1922.
The work on sale is an original ‘PROOF’ etching known as the Lion Tamer (Dompteuse)
Remarkably as one knows that the drypoint etchings issued afterwards are showing the Tamer with facing right insteaqd of left
Makes this ‘Proof’ etching a unique piece of art because only 1 existing
Etching is hand signed and hand numbered – PROBE
Specifications
✓ Sheet measures 240 x 182 mm (9.6 x 7.28 inch)
✓ Image size : 130 x 83 mm (5.2 x 3.32 inch)
Printed on thin ‘style handwritten accounting ledger paper’ with blackened reverse side – probably for hiding the written content
This Otto Dix color etching was bought during a Charity auction at Rockefeller Plaza Center New York in 1992, together with other works from Otto Dix and George Grosz.
Excellent condition
Description
Otto Dix Color Etching – Detail From ‘Circus’
Otto Dix (1891-1969) ‘Circus’
‘Circus’ was a portfolio issued in 1922 depicting different Circus artists
Etching based on the original pen and ink drawing of 1922.
The work on sale is an original ‘PROOF’ etching known as the Lion Tamer (Dompteuse)
Remarkably as one knows that the drypoint etchings issued afterwards are showing the Tamer with facing right insteaqd of left
Makes this ‘Proof’ etching a unique piece of art because only 1 existing
Etching is hand signed and hand numbered – PROBE
Specifications
✓ Sheet measures 240 x 182 mm (9.6 x 7.28 inch)
✓ Image size : 130 x 83 mm (5.2 x 3.32 inch)
Printed on thin ‘style handwritten accounting ledger paper’ with blackened reverse side – probably for hiding the written content
This Otto Dix color etching was bought during a Charity auction at Rockefeller Plaza Center New York in 1992, together with other works from Otto Dix and George Grosz.
Excellent condition
