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OTTO MUELLER (1874-1930)

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£ 480 000
Auction dateClassic
28.06.2023 14:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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Lot 39 | OTTO MUELLER (1874-1930)
OTTO MUELLER (1874-1930)

Liebespaar (Artistenpaar)

distemper on burlap

47 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (120.5 x 87.5 cm.)

Painted circa 1911





Provenance

The artist’s estate.

Josef Mueller-Herbig, Lübeck [the artist’s son], by descent from the above in 1931 and given on consignment to Galerie Günther Franke, Munich, until circa 1969.

Ernesto Blohm, Caracas, circa 1969.

Anonymous sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 1 December 2001, lot 62.

Private collection, South Germany; sale, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, 12 December 2009, lot 123.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

The artist’s handlist.

E. Heckel, Liste des Künstlerischen Nachlasses von Otto Mueller, Berlin, 1931.

W. Nachbaur, Otto Mueller Werklisten, Kirchner Museum, Davos, no. 692 (illustrated).

T. Pirsig-Marshall, 'Die BRÜCKE als Katalysator für Muellers Schaffen', in Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, vol. 32, Dresden, 2005, p. 136 (illustrated fig. 8).

T. Pirsig-Marshall & M.-A. von Lüttichau, Otto Mueller: Catalogue raisonné, Gemälde, Cologne, 2020, no. G1911/14 (692), p. 108 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, Otto Mueller, September 1952, no. 1.

Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Otto Mueller: Eine Retrospektive, March - June 2003, no. 162, p. 220 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Essen, Museum Folkwang, July - September 2003.

Vienna, Leopold Museum, Deutsche Expressionisten mit Meisterwerken aus der Sammlung Thyssen-Bornemisza, September 2006 - January 2007, p. 114 (illustrated p. 115).



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Artist:Otto Mueller (1874 - 1930)
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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