Otto Mueller
Otto Mueller
1874 - 1930
Sechs Mädchenakte am Strand. Um 1913.
Glue paint andMixed media on burlap.
Monogrammed in the lower right. Signed and inscribed on the reverse. 85.4 x 109 cm (33.6 x 42.9 in).
• KEY YEAR A masterful nude composition from the pivotal year 1913.
• RARITY One of the most sought-after motifs featuring bathers in an impressive large format.
• SYNTHESIS A consummate atmosphere of inner harmony, lyrical tenderness, and contemplative presence.
• STYLE Gestural brushwork meets subtly nuanced, delicate coloration.
• MUSEUM CONTEXT Significant exhibition history; most recently shown at the LWL Museum in Münster on the occasion of Otto Mueller’s 150th birthday.
PROVENANCE: Herbert Kurz Collection, Wolframs-Eschenbach.
Private collection (since 1950, Stuttgart Art Cabinet).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1954).
Emil Frey Collection, Mannheim (1964).
Private collection, Munich (since 1980).
Private collection, Hamburg (since 2007, Hauswedell).
Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach (2015).
Private collection, Northern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Otto Mueller, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, 1964, cat. no. 27 (with black-and-white illustration).
Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung eines Kielers. Exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbrandkasse, Kunsthalle zu Kiel/Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Feb. 3–Mar. 3, 1974, cat. no. 119.
Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung F., Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 1976, cat. no. 3 (illustrated in color on the color plate).
Kunsthalle Mannheim (1981-1987, loan from a private collection in Munich).
Otto Mueller. Natürlich nackt, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, September 13, 2014 - January 25, 2015; Brücke-Museum Berlin, March 21 - July 5, 2015; Kunsthalle Emden, September 19, 2015 - January 17, 2016 (not in the catalog).
Otto Mueller, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, September 20, 2024 - February 2, 2025, cat. no. 17 (illustrated in color).
LITERATURE: Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Otto Mueller. vol. 1: Gemälde (Paintings), Cologne 2020, CR no. G1913/09 (135) (with color illustration).
Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Otto Mueller. Leben und Werk, Feldafing 1963, no. 67 (illustrated in black and white, p. 134, here dated 1919/1920).
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Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Munich, 8th Auction, 20th Century, Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, Watercolors, Portfolios, Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts, May 12, 1950, lot 1711 (illustrated in black and white).
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 400th Auction, Modern Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Part I, Selected Works, June 1, 2007, lot 47 (with full-page color illustration).
“In my paintings, I depict my life and experience. I can only paint what I love.”
Otto Mueller, quoted from: Emmy Mueller, Erinnerungen an Otto Mueller, unpublished typescript, 1950, p. 21.
Otto Mueller
1874 - 1930
Sechs Mädchenakte am Strand. Um 1913.
Glue paint andMixed media on burlap.
Monogrammed in the lower right. Signed and inscribed on the reverse. 85.4 x 109 cm (33.6 x 42.9 in).
• KEY YEAR A masterful nude composition from the pivotal year 1913.
• RARITY One of the most sought-after motifs featuring bathers in an impressive large format.
• SYNTHESIS A consummate atmosphere of inner harmony, lyrical tenderness, and contemplative presence.
• STYLE Gestural brushwork meets subtly nuanced, delicate coloration.
• MUSEUM CONTEXT Significant exhibition history; most recently shown at the LWL Museum in Münster on the occasion of Otto Mueller’s 150th birthday.
PROVENANCE: Herbert Kurz Collection, Wolframs-Eschenbach.
Private collection (since 1950, Stuttgart Art Cabinet).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1954).
Emil Frey Collection, Mannheim (1964).
Private collection, Munich (since 1980).
Private collection, Hamburg (since 2007, Hauswedell).
Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Wichtrach (2015).
Private collection, Northern Germany.
EXHIBITION: Otto Mueller, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, 1964, cat. no. 27 (with black-and-white illustration).
Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung eines Kielers. Exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbrandkasse, Kunsthalle zu Kiel/Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Feb. 3–Mar. 3, 1974, cat. no. 119.
Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung F., Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 1976, cat. no. 3 (illustrated in color on the color plate).
Kunsthalle Mannheim (1981-1987, loan from a private collection in Munich).
Otto Mueller. Natürlich nackt, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, September 13, 2014 - January 25, 2015; Brücke-Museum Berlin, March 21 - July 5, 2015; Kunsthalle Emden, September 19, 2015 - January 17, 2016 (not in the catalog).
Otto Mueller, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, September 20, 2024 - February 2, 2025, cat. no. 17 (illustrated in color).
LITERATURE: Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Otto Mueller. vol. 1: Gemälde (Paintings), Cologne 2020, CR no. G1913/09 (135) (with color illustration).
Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Otto Mueller. Leben und Werk, Feldafing 1963, no. 67 (illustrated in black and white, p. 134, here dated 1919/1920).
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Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Munich, 8th Auction, 20th Century, Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, Watercolors, Portfolios, Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts, May 12, 1950, lot 1711 (illustrated in black and white).
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 400th Auction, Modern Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Part I, Selected Works, June 1, 2007, lot 47 (with full-page color illustration).
“In my paintings, I depict my life and experience. I can only paint what I love.”
Otto Mueller, quoted from: Emmy Mueller, Erinnerungen an Otto Mueller, unpublished typescript, 1950, p. 21.
