Elsa, the heavenly bride of the Café Kasino

Dix, Otto
Elsa, the heavenly bride of the Café Kasino

1922
Study for the painting Elsa, die Gräfin
Charcoal on vellum
43 : 35 cm
Signed in the business card held in the left hand, signed and titled in the left corner.
Verso handwritten designated “Februar 1922” und “# 47”

Provenance:
– Art Archive Arntz, Haag/Obb. (1985)
– Private collection, Southern Germany

Literature:
– Brigid S. Barton: Otto Dix and Die neue Sachlichkeit: 1918-1925, 1981, p. 33
– Hans Kinkel (ed.): Otto Dix, Protokolle der Hölle. Zeichnungen, Frankfurt a. M. 1968, ill. 78
– Fritz Löffler: Otto Dix 1891-1969. Œuvre der Gemälde, Recklinghausen 1981, no. 1922/13.

Exhibitions:
– A critical view. Ugly Realism, 20s-70s, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 1978, cat. no. 16 with ill. and within text p. 184.
– Otto Dix. Menschenbilder. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Gouachen und Zeichnungen, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, 3.12.1981 – 31.1.1982, cat. no. 96 with ill.
– Otto Dix 1891-1969, Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles, 14.6. – 28.7.1985, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, 23.8. – 27.10.1985, cat. no. 334 with ill. p. 176.

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