Fünf gelbe Akte am Wasser. 1921.
Lithograph in colors.
Karsch 156 c (of c). Monogrammed. From an edition of ca. 100 unnumbered copies on this type of paper. On wove paper. 33.5 x 44 cm (13.1 x 17.3 in). Sheet: 42,5 x 52,5 cm (16,7 x 20,6 in).
Published by Hyperion Verlag.
Bathing nudes.
One of the very few color lithographs from Otto Mueller.

PROVENANCE: Private collection Schleswig Holstein.
Private collection Northern Germany (inherited from aforementioned) .

"Mueller observed bathing scenes such as this one on visits to the islands of Föhr and Sylt and on the Flensburg Firth [..] The quality of Mueller's sheet [..] is on par with the early works by his fellow artists, howver, it can be distinguished by the obvious erotic notion."
Heinz Spielmann, in: Die Maler der "Brücke". Collection Hermann Gerlinger, Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart 1995, p. 413.