Otto Mueller

Otto Mueller 1874 - 1930 Sechs Mädchenakte am Strand. Um 1913. Glue paint and Mixed media on burlap. Monogrammed in the lower right. Signed and inscribed on the reverse. 85.4 x 109 cm (33.6 x 42.9 in). • KEY YEAR 1913: The year the “Brücke” group disbanded, Mueller developed his distinctive imagery, balancing expressive freedom with timeless harmony. • EXCEPTIONAL FORMAT A rare large-format painting featuring six nude girls, one of the central motifs of his work. • RARE EASE An unusually cheerful, almost weightless composition of figures, full of grace and natural elegance. • ICONIC STYLE Rhythmically arranged nudes embody Mueller’s ideal of a primal unity between humanity and nature. • MUSEUM QUALITY Significant exhibition history, most recently at the LWL Museum in Münster on the occasion of the artist’s 150th birthday. We are grateful to Dr. Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund, for her expert advice. PROVENANCE: Herbert Kurz Collection, Wolframs-Eschenbach (until 1950). Private collection (since 1950, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett). Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1954). Emil Frey Collection, Mannheim (1964). Private collection, Munich (since 1980). Private collection, Northern Germany (acquired in 2007 from the above, Hauswedell). EXHIBITION: Otto Mueller on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday, Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin, 1964, cat. no. 27 (with black-and-white illustration). Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung eines Kielers. Exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbrandkasse, Kunsthalle zu Kiel / Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Feb. 3–Mar. 3, 1974, cat. no. 119. Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Sammlung F., Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 1976, cat. no. 3 (with color illustration on the title page). Kunsthalle Mannheim (1981–1987, on loan from a private collection in Munich). Otto Mueller: Natürlich nackt, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, September 13, 2014–January 25, 2015; Brücke Museum, Berlin, March 21–July 5, 2015; Kunsthalle Emden, September 19, 2015–January 17, 2016 (not in the catalog). Brücke und Der Blaue Reiter, Buchheim Museum der Phantasie; Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Nov. 21, 2021–Feb. 27, 2022, p. 163 (with illu.). Otto Mueller, LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, September 20, 2024–February 2, 2025, cat. no. 17 (with color illustration). LITERATURE: Mario-Andreas von Lüttichau, Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, Otto Mueller. Vol. 1: Gemälde (Paintings), Cologne 2020, CR no. G1913/09 (135) (with color illustration). Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Otto Mueller. Leben und Werk, Feldafing 1963, no. 67 (with b&w illustration, p. 134, dated 1919/1920). - - Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, 8th Auction, Paintings, Sculpture, Prints, Sketches, Watercolors, Art Literature, May 12, 1950, Lot 1711 (with b/w illustration). Marlene Decker, Gestaltungselemente im Bildwerk von Otto Mueller, Dortmund 1993, no. 131, p. 178 (with illustration). Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 400th Auction, Modern Art of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Part I, Selected Works, June 1, 2007, lot 47 (with full-page color illustration on p. 95). Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, “Die BRÜCKE als Katalysator für Muellers Schaffen,” Yearbook of the Dresden State Art Collections 32, Dresden 2007, p. 132 (with illu.) “Der böse Expressionismus, Trauma und Tabu”, exhibition catalog, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 2017–2018 (with illu.). “In my paintings, I depict my life and experience. I can only paint what I love.” Otto Mueller, quoted from: Emmy Mueller, Erinnerungen an Otto Mueller, unpublished typescript, 1950, p. 21. Called up: December 4, 2026 - ca. 17.50 h +/- 20 min.

Estimation:500.000€

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