Additional title
Woman with yellow hat
Artist
Otto Dix 1891 – 1969
About the work
In addition to the large portrait paintings, which were mostly commissioned, there were numerous anonymous portraits in the 1920s that Dix executed in watercolour. One of the most impressive works in this context is Meta. Dix portrayed this model twice in watercolour in 1923, dedicating one sheet to the writer Alfred Wedekind. Dix was fascinated by Meta's special facial structure with its protruding chin, bulging lips and pointed nose. Dix always sees a person's inner self reflected in their outer appearance. For this reason, the colourfulness of the watercolours always plays a role in revealing the psyche of the sitter.
Year
1923
Material / Technique
Watercolor and pencil on cardboard
Signature
sign. u. dat. u. r.: DIX 23/270; rücks. bez. u. r.: Meta
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser
Inventory no.
GUN-Z-0097
Access
2003 Stiftung Gunzenhauser
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz-Museum Gunzenhauser, property of Stiftung Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz
Photo
Archiv Museum Gunzenhauser
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Status
Not on display
Exhibitions
- Halbwelt auf Papier. Dix und Felixmüller aus einer deutschen Privatsammlungen, Schleswig, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottorf 04.06.2000 – 13.08.2000
- Halbwelt auf Papier. Dix und Felixmüller aus einer deutschen Privatsammlungen, Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste 06.09.2000 – 05.11.2000
- Lovis Corinth, Lesser Ury, Otto Dix, Berlin, Kronprinzenpalais 1924
- Otto Dix, Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen 1956
- Otto Dix. Aquarelle und Handzeichnungen, München, Galerie Gunzenhauser 21.09.1976 – 30.10.1976
- Eröffnungspräsentation Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser 01.12.2007 – 28.10.2008
- Otto Dix - Die Sammlung Alfred Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser 20.05.2012 – 27.10.2012
- 300 x DIX. Werke von 1912 bis 1969, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser 29.04.2018 – 02.09.2018
Catalog raisonné
Pfäffle A 1923/98
Year
1923
Material / Technique
Watercolor and pencil on cardboard
Signature
sign. u. dat. u. r.: DIX 23/270; rücks. bez. u. r.: Meta
Museum
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz – Museum Gunzenhauser
Inventory no.
GUN-Z-0097
Access
2003 Stiftung Gunzenhauser
Creditline
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz-Museum Gunzenhauser, property of Stiftung Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz
Photo
Archiv Museum Gunzenhauser
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Status
Not on display
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