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OTTO DIX (1891-1969)
Soldat mit Tabakspfeife
signed and dated 'DIX 18' (upper right)
gouache on paper
15 1/2 x 15 1/4 in. (39.5 x 38.7 cm.)
Executed in 1918
Provenance
(Possibly) Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin.
Private collection, North Germany, circa 1960s, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
B.S. Barton, Otto Dix and Die neue Sachlichkeit 1918-1925, Ann Arbor, 1981, no. I B 1, p. 132.
E. Karcher, Otto Dix 1891-1969: His Life and Works, Cologne, 1988, p. 49 (illustrated; titled 'Warrior with Pipe').
S. Pfäffle, Otto Dix Werkverzeichnis der Aquarelle und Gouachen, Stuttgart, 1991, no. G 1918/1, pp. 13-15, 87 & 271 (illustrated pp. 89 & 271).
R. Beck, Otto Dix Zeit Leben Werk, Konstanz, 1993, no. 88, pp. 56 & 181 (illustrated p. 56).
Exhibited
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Dix, February - April 1971, no. 83, p. 79.
Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt, Otto Dix zum 80. Geburtstag: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Gouachen, Zeichnungen, Radierfolge 'Der Krieg', October - November 1971, no. 155, p. 165.
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Otto Dix August - October 1985, no. 28, p. 301 (illustrated p. 42; titled 'Krieger mit Pfeife').
Naples, Academia di Belle Arti, December 1985 - February 1986, no. 73, p. 121; this exhibition later travelled to Genoa, Centro per le arti visive e Museo d'arte contemporanea di Villa Croce, July - September 1986, no. 73, p. 204 (illustrated p. 121; titled 'Krieger mit Pfeife' and with incorrect medium); and Bolzano, Castel Mareccio, Otto Dix November - December 1986, no. 73.
Hanover, Kestner-Geselleschaft, Otto Dix September - November 1987, no. 81, p. 253 (illustrated p. 132; titled 'Krieger mit Pfeife'); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle, March - April 1987; and Vienna, Kulturamt det Stadt, May - June 1987.
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Expressionismus: Die zweite Generation, 1915-1925, October - December 1988, no. 28, pp. 72, 75 & 154 (illustrated pp. 60 & 154; titled 'Krieger mit Pfeife'); this exhibition later travelled to Fort Worth, Modern Art Museum, February - April 1989; Dusseldorf, Kunstmuseum, May - July 1989; and Halle, Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, August - September 1989.
Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt, Otto Dix Zum 100. Geburtstag 1891-1991, September - November 1991, no. G 1918/1, p. 338 (illustrated p. 57; titled 'Krieger mit Pfeife'); this exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Nationalgalerie, November 1991 - February 1992; and London, Tate Gallery, March - May 1992, no. 17, pp. 81-82 (illustrated p. 81; detail illustrated p. 76).
Berlin, Neuen Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Der Potsdamer Platz- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner und der Untergang Preussens, April - August 2001, no. 80, pp. 186 & 300 (illustrated p. 186).
Regensburg, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Welt & Sinnlichkeit: Otto Dix October 2005 - January 2006, p. 191 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, June - October 2006.
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