Hekate I. 1968.
Brush in litho-India Ink and litho chalk.
Lower left inscribed "für Cassoubuch I". 36.8 x 26.7 cm (14.4 x 10.5 in), the full sheet.
The drawing references the lithograph of the same name (Karsch 324) [EH].

• Otto Dix's work is characterized by the themes of Eros and Thanatos to some extent.
• The drawing was used as a model for the lithograph of the same name
• On permanent loan to the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen for many yearsn.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

LITERATURE: Ulrike Lorenz, Otto Dix. Das Werkverzeichnis der Zeichnungen und Pastelle, vol. VI, Weimar 2003, no. SW 8.3.6.(illustrated)

Lutz Tittel (ed.), Otto Dix, Die Friedrichshafener Sammlung. Inventory catalog, Zeppelin-Museum Friedrichshafen, 1992, no. 415, illustrated on p. 476.

Good overall impression. The sheet is somewhat wavy in places along the edges. With a horizontal crease in the lower part of the image. Two larger paper blemishes on Hecate's neck and in left and right along her hair, as the paper is somewhat skinned.