Otto Mueller
Halbakt , 1925 (Executed)
Lot #225 |
2024-12-07 |
Ketterer Kunst, Munich
Modern Art Day Sale
Category:
Drawing
Estimate:
EUR 50,000 - 58,000 (currency of sale)
USD 52,905 - 61,370 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Ketterer Kunst
Auction number: 563
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: Munich
Start date: 2024-12-07
Currency: EUR
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Expressionism
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 50.8 x 32.7 cm (20 x 12.8 in), the full sheet.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
50.8
Width In Centimeters:
32.7
Height In Inches:
20
Width In Inches:
12.8
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Year notes: Executed in 1925.
Provenance
Josef Mueller-Herbig, Karlsruhe/Lübeck (son of the artist, at least until 1937). Nierendorf Gallery, New York (with a label on the reverse, here titled “Half-Act”. Probably on commission). Private collection, Berlin (until 1957: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf (acquired from the above in 1957). Paffenholz Collection, Wipperfürth. Wolfgang Wittrock Art Trade, Düsseldorf (1989). Private collection, Luxembourg (until 2010: Grisebach). Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the above in 2010).
Condition
This artwork is in overall very good condition.
Exhibited
Ninth International Exhibition of Watercolor Paintings, Brooklyn Museum, New York, May 8 - June 13, 1937.
Literature
Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Otto Mueller. Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Cologne 2020, cat. rais. no. P 1925/40, illustrated on p. 177. Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig (eds.), Otto Mueller. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde und Zeichnungen, Munich 2003 / Essen 2007/08.