Object number2012.29.9
The Painter Otto Dix and his Wife Martha
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series People of the Twentieth Century
Date1925-1926
Artist
August Sander
(German, 1876-1964)
CultureGerman
MediumGelatin silver print, printed 1974
EditionEdition 58 of 75
DimensionsImage: 8 1/8 x 11 1/4 in. (20.6 x 28.6 cm)
Mount: 17 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (44.8 x 55 cm)
Mount: 17 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (44.8 x 55 cm)
Credit LineGift of Soraya Betterton
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn reverse of the mount, signed by the artist's son, Gunther Sander, within the stamp lower center: Gunther Sander
InscribedOn reverse of the mount, by the artist's son, Gunther Sander, within stamp: 9 / 58[/75]; by unidentified hand, lower right edge: Otto Dix and wife
MarkingsOn recto, blindstamp lower left corner: AUG. SANDER // KÖLN // LINDENTHAL; on reverse of the mount, stamped lower center in purple ink [within a rectangular outline]: August Sander / KÜNSTLERPORTRAITS / [handwritten edition number]/75 / © Schirmer, Mosel München 1974
Vassar Exhibitions
DescriptionBlack and white image of a double portrait from the chest up of a man and woman. The woman looks directly at the viewer, has a bunt bob with curved bangs and wears a collard shirt while the man at her left is nearly in profile and looks off into the distance. The man has slicked back hair and wears a suit with a pattered bowtie.
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August Sander
1929; printed 1974
