Ein Zuhalter und seine Madchen (Primary Title)
A Pimp and his Girls (Translation)
Otto Dix, German, 1881 - 1969 (Artist)
inscribed "Dix 22/161" lower left
The Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Gift of the Estate of Anne R. Fischer
“Paintings and Prints from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection of German Expressionist Art”, VMFA, July 11-Sept. 20, 1998.
“Exhibition of works from the Collection of Ludwig and Rosy Fischer”, Knoxville Museum of Art, January-June 4, 1995.
“The Eye of the Collector: Ludwig and Rosy Fischer and the Rise of German Expressionist Art”, St. John’s College, Annapolis, March 24 - October 24, 1993.
“Expressionismus und Exil: Die Sammlung Ludwig und Rosy Fischer, Frankfurt am Main,” Jewish Museum, Frankfurt, Aug. 29 - Oct. 28, 1990, Cat. 87 (LS 44).
“German Expressionist Art: Selections from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection,” VMFA, Jan. 13-March 8, 1987, cat. 35.
“Exhibition of works from the Collection of Ludwig and Rosy Fischer”, Knoxville Museum of Art, January-June 4, 1995.
“The Eye of the Collector: Ludwig and Rosy Fischer and the Rise of German Expressionist Art”, St. John’s College, Annapolis, March 24 - October 24, 1993.
“Expressionismus und Exil: Die Sammlung Ludwig und Rosy Fischer, Frankfurt am Main,” Jewish Museum, Frankfurt, Aug. 29 - Oct. 28, 1990, Cat. 87 (LS 44).
“German Expressionist Art: Selections from the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection,” VMFA, Jan. 13-March 8, 1987, cat. 35.
Heuberger, Georg, et al. Expressionismus und Exil: die Sammlung Ludwig und Rosy Fischer, Frankfurt am Main. München: Prestel, 1990, Cat. 87, p. 139 (illus.), p. 158 (LS 44).
Brandt, Frederick R., et al. German Expressionist Art: the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1987, p. 39 (illus), p. 44 (illus.), cat. 35, p. 45.
Brandt, Frederick R., et al. German Expressionist Art: the Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1987, p. 39 (illus), p. 44 (illus.), cat. 35, p. 45.
By 1925, Ludwig Fischer [1860-1922] and Rosy Fischer [1869-1926], Frankfurt am Main, Germany; [1] By 1926, Ernst Fischer [1896-1981] and Anne Fischer [1902-2008], Frankfurt am Main, Germany, by inheritance; [2] May 2009, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, by bequest of Anne R. Fischer, 2009. [3]
[1] Ludwig and Rosy Fischer were art collectors in Frankfurt, Germany, who primarily collected contemporary German art between 1905 and 1925. Ludwig Fischer died on April 25, 1922. In November of 1922, Rosy Fischer founded Galerie Fischer in her home (address: Mendelssohnstrasse 73, Frankfurt am Main), primarily showing works on paper by second generation German Expressionist artists. She closed the gallery in the spring of 1925. It is possible that this work was acquired in 1922 before Ludwig’s death, or between 1923 and 1925.
Rosy died on February 27, 1926, while traveling in North Africa. (See Brandt, Fredrick R. German Expressionist Art: Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1987, pp. 1 - 11).
[2] In 1926, the Fischer collection was divided and inherited by Ludwig and Rosy Fischer's sons, Max Fischer (1893-1954) and Ernst Fischer (1896 – 1981). In 1934, Ernst and Anne Fischer fled Germany to the United States with their part of the collection, first to Rochester, New York and then settled in Richmond, Virginia. (See Brandt, 1987, pp. 1 -11.)
[3] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
[1] Ludwig and Rosy Fischer were art collectors in Frankfurt, Germany, who primarily collected contemporary German art between 1905 and 1925. Ludwig Fischer died on April 25, 1922. In November of 1922, Rosy Fischer founded Galerie Fischer in her home (address: Mendelssohnstrasse 73, Frankfurt am Main), primarily showing works on paper by second generation German Expressionist artists. She closed the gallery in the spring of 1925. It is possible that this work was acquired in 1922 before Ludwig’s death, or between 1923 and 1925.
Rosy died on February 27, 1926, while traveling in North Africa. (See Brandt, Fredrick R. German Expressionist Art: Ludwig and Rosy Fischer Collection, Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1987, pp. 1 - 11).
[2] In 1926, the Fischer collection was divided and inherited by Ludwig and Rosy Fischer's sons, Max Fischer (1893-1954) and Ernst Fischer (1896 – 1981). In 1934, Ernst and Anne Fischer fled Germany to the United States with their part of the collection, first to Rochester, New York and then settled in Richmond, Virginia. (See Brandt, 1987, pp. 1 -11.)
[3] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
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