Storm Troops Advancing under Gas

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Storm Troops Advancing under Gas

1924

Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969) Printed by O. Felsing Published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf, Berlin

Based on his observations as a German soldier during World War I, Dix made a portfolio of fifty etchings recounting elements of modern warfare like trench combat, poison gas, and air bombing. His distortions, such as the flattened gas-masked faces of the storm troops and the disjunctive perspectives between the medics and the overhead view of the dead gas victims, expressively capture the unreal horrors of war. Dix exploited the corrosive properties of etching, combining rough line work with multiple layers of aquatint to emphasize the violence and decay that accompany war.

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Object Details

Titles:

Storm Troops Advancing under Gas
Sturmtruppe geht unter Gas vor, No. 12 from the portfolio Der Krieg (War)

Date:

1924

Artists:

Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969) Printed by O. Felsing Published by Verlag Karl Nierendorf, Berlin

Medium:

Etching, drypoint, and spit-bite aquatint

Dimensions:

Plate: 7 9/16 x 11 3/8 inches (19.2 x 28.9 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (34.3 x 27 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1961

Accession Number:

1961-211-2

Geography:

Made in Germany, Europe

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