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The Syphilitic (Der Syphilitiker)

Otto Dix German
Publisher Dresdner Verlag, Dresden German
Publisher Heinar Schilling German
1920
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Object Information
  • Title: The Syphilitic (Der Syphilitiker)
  • Artist: Otto Dix (German, Untenhaus 1891–1969 Singen)
  • Publisher: Dresdner Verlag, Dresden (German)
  • Publisher: Heinar Schilling (German)
  • Date: 1920
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: plate: 9 3/4 x 8 15/16 in. (24.7 x 22.7 cm)
    sheet: 19 5/16 x 13 3/8 in. (49 x 34 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, John J. McKendry Fund and The Dave H. and Reba W. Williams Foundation Gift, 1996
  • Object Number: 1996.171
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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