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        "tombstone": "The War: Dead Men before the Position near Tahure , 1924. Otto Dix (German, 1891\u20131969), Otto Felsing (German), Karl Nierendorf. Etching and aquatint printed in black and gray; sheet: 35.3 x 47.5 cm (13 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.); platemark: 19 x 25.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2013.19. \u00a9 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn",
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        "title": "The War: Dead Men before the Position near Tahure ",
        "creation_date": "1924",
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        "measurements": "Sheet: 35.3 x 47.5 cm (13 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.); Platemark: 19 x 25.2 cm (7 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn",
        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "Below image in graphite, left: \"23/70\"\r\nBelow image in graphite, center: \"X\"\r\nBelow image in graphite, right: \"Dix\"",
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                {
                    "id": 299699,
                    "title": "Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper",
                    "description": "<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).",
                    "opening_date": "2018-01-14T05:00:00"
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        "description": "Otto Dix married technique and expression in these painfully candid images of war from a portfolio of 50 prints. He exploited the corrosive qualities of the acid used to etch the copper plate by promoting a grainy unevenness, which reinforces the physical and moral decay in his horrific yet ordinary scenes of war. Nihilistic and brutal, Dix\u2019s images match the Expressionists\u2019 desire for raw truth. At times, they also call upon traditional iconography, such as the skulls, or memento mori<em> (</em>reminder of death), in <em>Dead Men before the Position near Tahure.</em>Dix called war both \u201chorrible\u201d and \u201ctremendous,\u201d and viewed the artist\u2019s role as that of a witness: \u201cNo, artists are not there to reform and convert. They are far too little for that. They must testify.\u201d",
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        "catalogue_raisonne": "Karsch 119b",
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2013.19",
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        "accession_date": "2013-03-04T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1924,
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        "impression": "23",
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        "updated_at": "2026-08-11 11:09:46.694000"
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