Signed and dated, lower right, numbered, lower left, and inscribed "No. IV," lower center." Plate 4 from the cycle Death and Resurrection (Tod und Auferstehung). Karsch 46/II.
Dix was a German artist known especially for his harsh and realistic depictions of German society. During the period after WWI, when this work was made, he was strongly influenced by Dadaism as well as the German Expressionist movement of the time.