id: 152588 accession number: 1985.40 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.40 updated: 2025-10-30 15:39:37.008000 Josef May, 1926. Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969). Oil, egg tempera, and other media on board; framed: 105.1 x 88.9 x 6 cm (41 3/8 x 35 x 2 3/8 in.); unframed: 84 x 68.8 cm (33 1/16 x 27 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1985.40. © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn title: Josef May title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1926 creation date earliest: 1926 creation date latest: 1926 current location: 225 German Expressionism & Surrealism creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn --- culture: Germany, 20th century technique: oil, egg tempera, and other media on board department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 105.1 x 88.9 x 6 cm (41 3/8 x 35 x 2 3/8 in.); Unframed: 84 x 68.8 cm (33 1/16 x 27 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower right: "OD. / 1926 [OD in monogram]; inscribed on back: "Joseph May aus Düsseldorf / gemalt von O. Dix 1926" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1985 opening date: 1986-02-12T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1985. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 12-April 20, 1986). title: Otto Dix - Zum 100. Geburtstag opening date: 1991-09-04T04:00:00 Otto Dix - Zum 100. Geburtstag. Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1, Germany (organizer) (September 4-November 3, 1991). title: Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2006-05-27T00:00:00 Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009). title: Otto Dix opening date: 2010-09-20T00:00:00 Otto Dix. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (organizer) (September 20, 2010-January 2, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Josef May, the sitter, [-1938], Holland, given to his brother-in-law, Hugo Simons. date: footnotes: citations: Hugo Simons [1892-1958] Montreal, Quebec, Canada date: footnotes: citations: Ghitta Caiserman-Roth [1923-2005], Montreal, Quebec, Canada date: footnotes: citations: Fischer Fine Arts, London, United Kingdom, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1985 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1985- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71. page number: Reproduced: p. 56; Mentioned: p. 66, no. 97 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930 Robinson, William H. “Otto Dix’s ‘Portrait of Josef May.’” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 8 (October 1987): 305–331. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 305-306, 326, fig. 27 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25160000 Olaf Peters. Otto Dix. Munich, Germany: Prestel, 2010. page number: Reproduced: p. 219, 249 url: --- IMAGES