Otto Dix - Christophorus

Otto Dix

Christophorus
1938

Red chalk drawing over pencil on drawing card. 61.6 x 45.5 cm. Framed under glass. Signed and dated '38' with the artist's signet lower right. Inscribed in pencil "Skizze zum Christophorus" verso. - With light-stain and creases on the lower right corner. The drawing itself and the studies on the right in good condition.

This extensive red chalk drawing is directly related to the painting "Der heilige Christophorus I" of 1938 (Fritz Löffler, Otto Dix 1891 - 1969. Oeuvre der Gemälde, Recklinghausen 1981, No. 1938/1).

Catalogue Raisonné

Not recorded by Lorenz

Certificate

We would like to thank Ulrike Lorenz, Weimar, for her kind confirmation. The work will be included in the catalogue raisonné under no. Lorenz IE 6.12.23.

Provenance

Former private collection North Rhine-Westphalia; since then in family possession