Art (1900-1945) > Expressionism Otto Mueller - Biography

Zwei Mädchen - Halbakte (Russisches Mädchenpaar). 1920.
Lithograph.
Monogrammed. From an edition of ca. 60 unnumbered copies. On laid paper. 43.7 x 34.4 cm (17.2 x 13.5 in). Sheet: 53,5 x 43 cm (21 x 16,9 in).
Published by Hyperion-Verlag (Kurt Wolff), later taken over by Euphorion-Verlag. [AW].
• Nudes in nature are the most characteristic motif in Mueller's oeuvre.
• Other copies of this lithograph can be found in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Berlin State Museums and in the Stuttgart State Gallery.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Schleswig-Holstein.
LITERATURE: Florian Karsch, Otto Mueller. Das graphische Gesamtwerk, Berlin 1974, CR no. 121 b (of c), p. 148.
In good condition. With slight mount staining. Small crease marks on the upper right edge of the sheet and the paper is slightly thinned there, only visible on the recto side when held against the light. The lower left edge of the sheet is slightly creased.
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