Otto Mueller
Otto Mueller
1874 - 1930
Zwei Akte. Um 1929.
Colored chalk and pencil.
Signed in the lower right. Titled and inscribed “N: 9” in the lower left. On firm brownish wove paper. 43 x 52.8 cm (16.9 x 20.7 in), size of sheet. [AW].
• Drawing on the classic nude, Otto Mueller impressively uses proportion as a measure for the composition.
• Observed reality and formal abstraction are stylized into Mueller’s characteristic visual language.
• His multi-figure nude depictions are considered the artist’s most sought-after works on the international auction market.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin.
Private collection.
Private collection.
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1995).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Die Brücke, Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, 1912.
Meister der Zeichnung in der deutschen Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Sept. 2–Oct. 15, 1967; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Oct. 27–Dec. 10, 1967, cat. no. 172 (illustrated on p. 171).
LITERATURE: Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Otto Mueller. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Drawings (CD-ROM), Munich 2003, Essen 2007/08, CR no. 95 (with color illustration and differing dimensions).
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Hauswedell, Hamburg, 41st Auction, Sept. 29–30, 1950, lot 1483.
Hauswedell, Hamburg, 43rd Auction, March 30–31, 1952, lot 1850.
Grisebach, Berlin, 44th Auction, May 27, 1995, lot 174 (with color illustration).
Otto Mueller
1874 - 1930
Zwei Akte. Um 1929.
Colored chalk and pencil.
Signed in the lower right. Titled and inscribed “N: 9” in the lower left. On firm brownish wove paper. 43 x 52.8 cm (16.9 x 20.7 in), size of sheet. [AW].
• Drawing on the classic nude, Otto Mueller impressively uses proportion as a measure for the composition.
• Observed reality and formal abstraction are stylized into Mueller’s characteristic visual language.
• His multi-figure nude depictions are considered the artist’s most sought-after works on the international auction market.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin.
Private collection.
Private collection.
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1995).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Die Brücke, Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, 1912.
Meister der Zeichnung in der deutschen Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Sept. 2–Oct. 15, 1967; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Oct. 27–Dec. 10, 1967, cat. no. 172 (illustrated on p. 171).
LITERATURE: Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Otto Mueller. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Drawings (CD-ROM), Munich 2003, Essen 2007/08, CR no. 95 (with color illustration and differing dimensions).
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Hauswedell, Hamburg, 41st Auction, Sept. 29–30, 1950, lot 1483.
Hauswedell, Hamburg, 43rd Auction, March 30–31, 1952, lot 1850.
Grisebach, Berlin, 44th Auction, May 27, 1995, lot 174 (with color illustration).
