The Mad Woman of St Marie-à-Py, from War

In contrast to the control of many prints in War, this image of a woman driven insane by the violence of war remains on the edge of legibility. The artist’s schematic and often seemingly arbitrary techniques, particularly around the face and head of the woman, support the content of the print, which exposes the most extreme psychic devastation that the war wrought on the civilian population. Otto Dix further emphasized the importance of highlighting this critical effect of the war on society as a whole by placing it at the opening of the third folio of the series (of five total, each with ten prints).