Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia Von Harden

from the sources

• The portrait was painted by Otto Dix in 1926. en.wikipedia.org

  “is a painting by German painter Otto Dix, from 1926.”

• The work is painted on a wood panel using a mixed technique of oil and tempera. en.wikipedia.org

  “It is made from a wood panel and a mixed technique of oil and tempera.”

• The Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris acquired the portrait directly from the artist in 1961. en.wikipedia.org

  “The portrait was acquired from the artist by the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris in 1961.”

• The sitter is shown against a plain red and pink background with no decoration, door or window, suggesting a cafe corner. en.wikipedia.org

  “The portrait is set on a red and pink background, without decoration, door or window, which suggests the corner of a cafe.”

• The sitter wears a monocle on her right eye. en.wikipedia.org

  “She wears a monocle on the right eye.”

• A cigarette box on the table bears the sitter's name, and a matchbox shows the German eagle. en.wikipedia.org

  “On the table with a white marble top are a cigarette box marked with the name Sylvia von Harden, a matchbox bearing the German eagle and a conical glass three-quarters full.”

• Von Harden agreed to pose and sat for several sessions over the following weeks. en.wikipedia.org

  “Von Harden agreed to pose for the painter, and sat for several sessions in the following weeks.”

• The portrait was recreated in the opening and closing scenes of Bob Fosse's 1972 film Cabaret. en.wikipedia.org

  “The portrait was recreated in the opening and closing scenes of the film Cabaret (1972) by Bob Fosse, set in Berlin during the Weimar Republic.”