Appell der Zurückgekehrten (Roll Call of the Returning Troops), plate 49 from the portfolio Der Krieg (The War)
Otto Dix, Appell der Zurückgekehrten (Roll Call of the Returning Troops), plate 49 from the portfolio Der Krieg (The War), 1924, etching and aquatint on paper, Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund, © unknown, research required, 46.52
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- Title
Appell der Zurückgekehrten (Roll Call of the Returning Troops), plate 49 from the portfolio Der Krieg (The War)
- Related Titles
display title: Appell der Zurückgekehrten (Roll Call of the Returning Troops), plate 49 from the series Der Krieg (The War)
original language: Appell der Zurückgekehrten
portfolio (original language): Der Krieg
portfolio (translated): The War
series (original language): Der Krieg
translated: Roll Call of the Returning Troops
translated: War
- Artist
- Date
1924
- Medium
etching and aquatint on paper
- Edition
48/70
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 7 1/2 in x 11 1/8 in; sheet: 13 7/8 in x 18 3/4 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
numbered: 46/70, graphite, lower left
inscription: IX, graphite, bottom center
signature/maker's mark: DIX, graphite, lower right below image
inscription: 4652 / 19 Apell der Zuruckgekehrten, graphite, bottom left
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
German
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund
- Accession Number
46.52
- Copyright
© unknown, research required
- Terms
As German casualties mounted, the nation was compelled to recruit soldiers previously considered unfit for duty. Young boys, old men, and wounded soldiers filled in the ranks. In this etching, the returning troops are a motley assortment of men hardly fit for battle.
- Exhibitions
1991 Inner Visions: German Prints from the Age of Expressionism Portland Art Museum; The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum; Duke University Museum of Art; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Tacoma Art Museum
2006 From Anxiety to Ecstasy: Themes in German Expressionist Prints Portland Art Museum
2014 This is War! Graphic Arts from the Great War Portland Art Museum
