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Little Girl, 1922
Otto Dixexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Winstonexpand_more 75.72.3
On View in Gallery 371expand_more
In the early 1920s, Otto Dix determined to make a name for himself. Saying, “I will either become notorious or famous,” he challenged artistic conventions, painting subjects considered ugly or taboo in a realistic manner that became known as the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). Here, a young naked girl is depicted in an uncomfortably close and realistic manner, her blue veins recorded with unsettling accuracy. Yet the portrayal is matter-of-fact rather than provocative; she has an innocence devoid of shame about her natural state.
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- Title
- Little Girl
- Artist Life
- 1891–1969
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 75.72.3
- Provenance
- Possibly Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Germany by 1924. Donald and Elizabeth Martin Winston, Los Angeles, California by 1975; gift to MIA in 1975.
- Curator Approved
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