Otto Griebel is an essential protagonist of Dada and the New Objectivity, one of the most important Dresden artists of the 1920s and a member of the artists' association "Dresden Secession 1919".

A large part of his works fell victim to the destruction of Dresden in 1945. The small collage, which comes from a phase of Griebel's experimentation with different styles, was bought by the Dresden lawyer Dr. Fritz Salo Glaser.

During this time, Glaser promoted the Dresden artists around Otto Griebel and Otto Dix, with whom he was also personally friends. Due to his Jewish origins, Glaser had to sell some important works in his collection during the Nazi era to secure his existence.

This did not include any smaller works on...