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Artist:
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Otto Dix
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Title:
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The Procuress
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Date:
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1923
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Medium:
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Color lithograph
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Dimensions:
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18 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (47.94 x 36.83 cm) (image)
23 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. (59.69 x 46.67 cm) (sheet)
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Kate Butler Peterson
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Location:
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Gallery 344
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Otto Dixâs satiric images savaged Germanyâs upper middle class, laying bare depravity and hypocrisy. Neither Venus nor Cupid satisfied the needs of this society; here the matchmaker is a procuress, a brothel madam.
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Dix, Otto
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Role:
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Maker
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Nationality:
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German
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Life Dates:
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German, 1891 - 1969
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Prints
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Creation Place:
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Europe, Germany, , ,
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Edition:
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Edition of 65
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Accession #:
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2000.242.10
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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