Otto Dix
German, 1891–1969
Old Woman
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Otto Dix
German, 1891–1969c. 1923
Old Woman
Otto Dix German, 1891–1969 →prints and drawingwatercolor
Date
c. 1923
Medium
Brush and black ink and watercolor on cream Japanese paper
Dimensions
52 × 38.6 cm (20 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
After serving in World War I, where he mastered the machine-gun, Dix began making art that set out to reveal society’s immorality and ugly truths. In this watercolor, an old prostitute’s wrinkled exterior and toothless, puckered mouth remind the viewer of the inevitability of death while playing on our vulnerability to vanity, greed, and lust.
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