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Dead sentry

Dead sentry
(Toter Sappenposten)
 (1924)
plate 18 from Der Krieg (War) portfolio 1923–24

Medium
etching and drypoint
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Jennifer and Brian Tymms, 2017
© Otto Dix Estate/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
etching and drypoint
Measurements
19.3 × 14.3 cm (image and plate) 47.6 × 35.0 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Berlin, Germany
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Karsch 87
Edition
ed. 23/70
Printing/Publishing
printed by Otto Felsing, Berlin; published by Karl Nierendorf, Berlin
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 23/70
inscribed in pencil l.c.: VIII
inscribed in pencil l.r.: DIX
Accession Number
2017.1029
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Jennifer and Brian Tymms, 2017
© Otto Dix Estate/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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