In conjunction with KU’s selection of “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway as the 2015–2016 Common Book, the Spencer Museum of Art has selected a self-portrait by German artist Otto Dix from the museum’s collection as the accompanying Common Work of Art. Dix served during World War I, the backdrop of “A Farewell to Arms,” and created some of the most incisive and explosive artworks about the war.
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