{"id":2242,"title":"Little Girl","medium":"Oil on canvas","classification":"Paintings","dimension":"31 3/4 x 20 in. (80.65 x 50.8 cm) (canvas)\r\n38 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (97.79 x 67.31 cm) (outer frame)","object_name":"Painting","continent":"Europe","country":"Germany","nationality":"German","dated":"1922","room":"Not on View","list":"paintings-provenance","role":"Artist","inscription":"Signature and Date","signed":"LR in red: [DIX 1922]","markings":"On backing board: exhibition label from the Tate Gallery; MIA loan label [L74.104.9 Winston].\r\nOn frame: label [UAM #357 - Excellence / O. Dix: Little Girl / Mr. and Mrs. Donald Winston, L.A.]; number (in graphite) [75 - 4201]","text":"In the early 1920s, Otto Dix determined to make a name for himself. Saying, “I will either become notorious or famous, ” he challenged artistic conventions, painting subjects considered ugly or taboo in a realistic manner that became known as the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity). Here, a young naked girl is depicted in an uncomfortably close and realistic manner, her blue veins recorded with unsettling accuracy. Yet the portrayal is matter-of-fact rather than provocative; she has an innocence devoid of shame about her natural state.","provenance":"Possibly Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Germany by 1924. Donald and Elizabeth Martin Winston, Los Angeles, California by 1975 (or by 1960); gift to MIA in 1975.","creditline":"Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Winston","accession_number":"75.72.3","artist":"Otto Dix","life_date":"German, 1891–1969","image_copyright":"© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn","department":"European Art","rights_type":"In Copyright","image_width":1507,"image_height":2376,"recent":0,"see_also":[],"sort_number":"75    72    3","image":"valid","public_access":1,"curator_approved":0,"highlights":0,"Cache_Location":"002000\\200\\40\\2242","Primary_RenditionNumber":"20020221_mia341_1606.jpg","Rights_Image_Display":"Limited","list:paintings-provenance":true,"restricted":1,"related:audio-stops":[{"title":"Dix, Little Girl","_id":"2242","objectId":"2242","link":"http://audio-tours.s3.amazonaws.com/p380.mp3","number":"380","type":"audio"}],"mtime":"2026-02-04T06:00:50.797Z"}