An elderly woman sits in the street holding a bowl
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Slashing black brushstrokes show an elderly woman in a black shawl who sits on a step in front of a low, pointed iron gate. She holds an empty bowl in her lap in one hand and her other rests listlessly on her knee. She wears a shapeless ankle length dress and small pointed shoes. Her head tilts back slightly and her face is gaunt and wrinkled. Her eyes gaze up and to the right but seem to see nothing.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.11.1
People
Otto Dix, German (Gera, Germany 1891 - 1969 Singen, Germany)
Title
Beggar, from the portfolio "Hunger"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Hunger
Original Language Title: Bettlerin, aus "Hunger"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1924
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/76727

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 34 x 24 cm (13 3/8 x 9 7/16 in.)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Karsch 124

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.11.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1520 Art in Germany Between the Wars (Interwar and Bauhaus), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/15/2018 - 08/05/2019

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