Leuchtkugel erhellt die Monacu-ferme (A Rocket Flare Lights Up the Monacu-ferme), plate 17 from Der Krieg (The War)

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Title	Leuchtkugel erhellt die Monacu-ferme (A Rocket Flare Lights Up the Monacu-ferme), plate 17 from Der Krieg (The War)
Artist	Otto Dix ; Karl Nierendorf
Date	1924
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Prints, Print | Aquatint

Size:

5 11/16 x 7 11/16 in. (14.45 x 19.53 cm) (plate)14 x 18 13/16 in. (35.56 x 47.78 cm) (sheet)

Creation Place:

Germany

Culture:

Germany

Style:

20th century

Inscriptions:

Signature, Inscription and Editionsee Signed below image, in pencil: [19/70 VII (illegible signature)] see Signed

Physical Description:

dark scene with white highlights; building ruins at L; two wagon wheels; skeleton, LRC; bare tree trunks

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The John R. Van Derlip Fund and Gift of funds from Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison and the Regis Foundation

Accession Number:

2005.16.1.17

Rights:

Artist:

Otto Dix, German, 1891 - 1969

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

German

Life Dates:

German, 1891 - 1969

Artist:

Karl Nierendorf

Role:

Publisher

Nationality:

Added to Site:

March 1, 2009