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Nächtliche Erscheinung (Nocturnal Apparition)

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Nächtliche Erscheinung (Nocturnal Apparition)
ArtistGerman, 1891–1969
PublisherBerlin
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Nächtliche Erscheinung (Nocturnal Apparition)
Date1923
MediumLithograph in black on Bütten laid paper, state II/II, edition 49/65
DimensionsImage: 19 × 14 5/8 in. (48.2 × 37.1 cm)
 Sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8 in. (65 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Craig S. Calvert
Object number2024.696
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA; [Susan Schulman Fine Prints, New York, by 2015]; purchased by Craig Calvert, November 2015-2024; given to MFAH, 2024
Exhibition History"In Opposition: German Expressionist Printmaking" The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, March 12-Sept. 17, 2025 [Seventh Installation/Light-Sensitive Rotation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Published References none Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Editioned in graphite, below image, left bottom edge: 49/65
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: Otto Dix 1923
Verso: [inaccessible]
Watermark: Johann-Wilhelm
Catalogue raisonnéKarsch 1970, no. 64, state II/II

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