Otto Mueller

Otto Mueller 1874 - 1930 Zwei Akte. Um 1929. Colored chalk and pencil. Signed in the lower right. Titled and inscribed “N: 9” in the lower left. On firm brownish wove paper. 43 x 52.8 cm (16.9 x 20.7 in), size of sheet. [AW]. • Drawing on the classic nude, Otto Mueller impressively uses proportion as a measure for the composition. • Observed reality and formal abstraction are stylized into Mueller’s characteristic visual language. • His multi-figure nude depictions are considered the artist’s most sought-after works on the international auction market. PROVENANCE: Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin. Private collection. Private collection. Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1995). In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: Die Brücke, Galerie Fritz Gurlitt, Berlin, 1912. Meister der Zeichnung in der deutschen Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Sept. 2–Oct. 15, 1967; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Oct. 27–Dec. 10, 1967, cat. no. 172 (illustrated on p. 171). LITERATURE: Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Otto Mueller. Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Drawings (CD-ROM), Munich 2003, Essen 2007/08, CR no. 95 (with color illustration and differing dimensions). - - Hauswedell, Hamburg, 41st Auction, Sept. 29–30, 1950, lot 1483. Hauswedell, Hamburg, 43rd Auction, March 30–31, 1952, lot 1850. Grisebach, Berlin, 44th Auction, May 27, 1995, lot 174 (with color illustration). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 13.26 h +/- 20 min.

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