The Procuress
Otto Dix
1923
- Medium
- Color lithograph
- Dimensions
- 18 7/8 x 14 1/2 in. (47.94 x 36.83 cm) (image) 23 1/2 x 18 3/8 in. (59.69 x 46.67 cm) (sheet)
- Genre
Tags
Germany
About
Otto Dix’s satiric images savaged Germany’s upper middle class, laying bare depravity and hypocrisy. Neither Venus nor Cupid satisfied the needs of this society; here the matchmaker is a procuress, a brothel madam.
