Portrait of Otto Klemperer

Otto Dix, Artist Karl Nierendorf, Publisher
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About the Artwork

Portrait of Otto Klemperer

1923

Otto Dix (Artist) German, 1891-1969 Karl Nierendorf (Publisher) German

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper

Image: 17 1/2 × 16 7/8 inches (44.5 × 42.9 cm) Sheet: 23 1/2 × 21 inches (59.7 × 53.3 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

City of Detroit Purchase

30.67

Restricted

Markings

Signed and dated, in pencil, lower right: Dix 23

Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: 1/100 Inscribed, lower left corner: Klemperer Inscribed, lower right corner: N. N. Inscribed, upper left corner: 6

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(Ernst Arnold Galerie, Dresden, Germany);
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Otto Dix, Portrait of Otto Klemperer, 1923, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.67.

Portrait of Otto Klemperer
Portrait of Otto Klemperer