Der Morgen. 1917.
Oil on canvas.
Signed and dated in lower right. Once more signed, as well as titled and inscribed on the reverse. 66 x 52.5 cm (25.9 x 20.6 in).
[SM].
• Albert Mueller is one of the most important artists of the Stuttgart avant-garde.
• In the year of his birth, he was a student of Adolf Hölzel and Johannes Itten.
• The clarity of the early morning echoes in a style inspired by Cubism.

PROVENANCE: Ernst Otto Oßwald Collection (1880-1960), architect and builder of the Tagblattturm Stuttgart (directly from the artist in the 1920s).
Since then family-owned. (until 2018)
Hermann-Josef Bunte Collection, Hamburg/ Bielefeld (since 2018: auction house Nagel).

EXHIBITION: Hermann Stenner und seine Zeit: ".dies Streben nach dem ganz Grossen etwas in der Kunst..", Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, January 20 - June 10, 2019, cat. no. 121.
Hermann Stenner. Erst ordentlich zeichnen lernen, Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, September 20, 2019 - February 2, 2020.
Die Sammlung Bunte. Expressionsistische Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, Gut Altenkamp, Aschendorf, July 12 - October 25, 2020.

LITERATURE: Auction house Nagel, Stuttgart, November 14, 2018, lot 6.