133
Otto Mueller
Fünf Akte im Walde, Um 1914.
Watercolor and India ink
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 35,400 Sold:
€ 68,750 / $ 81,125 (incl. surcharge)
133
Otto Mueller
Fünf Akte im Walde, Um 1914.
Watercolor and India ink
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 35,400 Sold:
€ 68,750 / $ 81,125 (incl. surcharge)
Fünf Akte im Walde. Um 1914.
Watercolor and India ink.
Pirsig-Marshall/ Lüttichau P1914/02 (537). Bottom right signed. On brownish wove paper. 48.7 x 60.7 cm (19.1 x 23.8 in), size of sheet.
[SM].
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time.
• Mullers characteristic motif: nudes in a forest.
• Dense composition with a subtly nuanced palette.
• Mueller rendered a slight variation of th emotif in oil in 1914.
We are grateful to Dr. Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster/Westphalia, Dr. Andreas Schalhorn, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin and Dr. Hanna Strzoda, Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Nationalgalerie Berlin (acquired from the artist, inventory number F III 467, with stamp on the reverse).
In the artist's ownership (reacquired from the above in an exchange in 1924, until 1930).
Josef Mueller, Karlsruhe/Lübeck (inherited from the above in 1930, administered through Elsbeth Herbig-Mueller, with inscription "J. M. 17" on th reverse).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (presumably from the above).
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1962).
Watercolor and India ink.
Pirsig-Marshall/ Lüttichau P1914/02 (537). Bottom right signed. On brownish wove paper. 48.7 x 60.7 cm (19.1 x 23.8 in), size of sheet.
[SM].
• Offered on the international auction market for the first time.
• Mullers characteristic motif: nudes in a forest.
• Dense composition with a subtly nuanced palette.
• Mueller rendered a slight variation of th emotif in oil in 1914.
We are grateful to Dr. Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster/Westphalia, Dr. Andreas Schalhorn, Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin and Dr. Hanna Strzoda, Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin for the kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Nationalgalerie Berlin (acquired from the artist, inventory number F III 467, with stamp on the reverse).
In the artist's ownership (reacquired from the above in an exchange in 1924, until 1930).
Josef Mueller, Karlsruhe/Lübeck (inherited from the above in 1930, administered through Elsbeth Herbig-Mueller, with inscription "J. M. 17" on th reverse).
Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (presumably from the above).
Private collection (acquired from the above in 1962).
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