Murnauer Landschaft. 1923.
Oil on cardboard over pencil.
Lower left signed. Verso once more signed, dated "25. X.23", "25.X 23. II" and "Herbst 1923/5" and twice titled.
Rear with the estate stamp and an adhesive label with the partly stamped and partly hand-written number "L 78" and a label with the stamped number "1218". 33 x 45 cm (12.9 x 17.7 in).

• In 1923 motifs of her beloved Murnau helped Gabriele Münter to overcome a creative crisis after Kandinsky had left her.
• Atmospheric autumnal view of the Staffelsee in bright colors.
• The pastose colors call reminiscence of Gabriele Münter's expressive duct in the days of the "Blauer Reiter".

PROVENANCE: Artist's estate.
Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from aforementioned).
Private collection Southern Germany (gifted from aforementioned).

EXHIBITION: Gabriele Münter malt Murnau, Schloßmuseum Murnau, July 26 - November 3, 1996 and August Macke Haus , Bonn, November 10, 1996 - February 16, 1997, p. 105.
Gabriele Münter, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, July 3 - September 19, 1999, no. 45, color illu. on p. 127.