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Otto Dix

Illusion Act (Illusionsakt),

Maker

  • Otto Dix

Title

Illusion Act (Illusionsakt)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Etching with drypoint on paper

Techniques

  • Etching with drypoint on paper

Supports

  • wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 29.9 x 25.5 cm (11 3/4 x 10 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in graphite on recto, LL below image: Prob. Aus der Mappe Zirkus; in graphite on recto, LR below image: DIX; in graphite LC:"Illusionsakt". Inscribed in blue pencil on verso, UL: I

Identification

State

Plate 2 from the portfolio Radierwerk IV "Zirkus" 10 Radierungen. Artist's proof.

Edition

self published by the artist in an edition of 50 impressions

Type

  • Work on Paper

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2012.115

Illusion Act (Illusionsakt)
from the portfolio Zirkus

Manual / Issue 3

Circus
Read Online
self published by the artist in an edition of 50 impressions

Inscribed in graphite on recto, LL below image: Prob. Aus der Mappe Zirkus; in graphite on recto, LR below image: DIX; in graphite LC:"Illusionsakt". Inscribed in blue pencil on verso, UL: I

Plate 2 from the portfolio Radierwerk IV "Zirkus" 10 Radierungen. Artist's proof.

Publications

Manual / Issue 3

Circus
Read Online

Exhibition History

A Chorus of Chirps, Hums, and Buzzes

May 24 - November 10, 2019

Circus

August 1, 2014 - February 22, 2015
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