Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden

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The '''''Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden''''' () is a painting by German painter [[Otto Dix]], from 1928. The painting was made in wood with a mixed technique of oil and tempera. The painting was bought from the artist in 1961 by the [[Musée National d'Art Moderne]] in [[Paris]].

==Description==
On a red and pink background, without decoration and opening, which evokes the angle of a cafe, the androgynous looking woman appears sitting cross-legged in front of a round table. She is wearing a red and black plaid dress with a high collar. She holds a lit cigarette in her right hand while the left rests on the right thigh. The fingers are long with slightly protruding bones. The face is triangular with a pointed chin. A long, clean nose separates the eyes surrounded by dark circles. She wears a monocle on the right eye. Her brown hair is very short. On her pale skin stands out the slightly ajar mouth highlighted with a dark red lipstick. The woman is wearing light stockings, the rolled edge of which can be seen on the right leg.

The woman's feet are not visible, because the portrait stops at mid-calf. On the table with a white marble top are placed a cigarette box marked with the name [[Sylvia von Harden]], a matchbox bearing the German eagle and a conical glass three-quarters full. The round shapes of the [[art nouveau]] furniture contrast with the geometric shapes of the character and the objects.

The character occupies the left half of the painting. The absence of decorative background elements accentuates her strong "presence", with nothing distracting the viewers eye. The journalist poses three-quarters and looks sideways between the plane of the painting and the perpendicular one, which links the viewer to the portrait.<ref>Marie Gispert, «Je pensais que tu étais beaucoup plus grande. Otto Dix et Sylvia Von Harden», ''Les Cahiers du musée d'Art moderne'', no 118, Winter 2011-2012, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris (French)</ref><ref>Jessica Boissel, "Portrait de Sylvia Von Harden2, collection of the M.N.A.M. Centre Georges Pompidou, catalogue 1987, Paris (French)</ref>

==References==




[[Category:1928 paintings]]
[[Category:Paintings by Otto Dix]]

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