Otto Dix
Illusionsakt
1921
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Otto Dix
Illusionsakt
1921
Physical Qualities
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint with roulette and printed tone, Sheet: 483 × 420 mm. (19 × 16 9/16 in.)
Plate: 298 × 420 mm. (11 3/4 × 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Print & Drawing Society Fund
Object Number
1982.180
Otto Dix’s print appears to be based on a spider woman act similar to one advertised by the Daniellis Circus in France. In what is perhaps an exaggeration, the poster claims that the act is “unique in the world.”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1982; purchased from Carus Gallery, NY
A Circus Family: Picasso to Léger
A Golden Anniversary: Celebrating 50 Years of the Print, Drawing and Photograph Society
Signed: 1
Inscribed: lower left in graphite: "28/50"; lower center in graphite: "Illusionsakt"; lower right in graphite: "Dix 22"
Markings: None