Lagernde Zigeunerfamilie mit Ziege. 1926/27.
Lithograph in colors, colored with red pastel chalks.
Signed. From an edition of 60 copies. On brownish wove paper. 70.3 x 50.4 cm (27.6 x 19.8 in), the full sheet.
Printed by Lange, Wroclaw Academy. [AW].

• Rare copy with Mueller's signature, hand-colored and printed by Mueller in Wroclaw (hist. Breslau).
• In February/March 1928, the “Zigeunermappe ”(Gypsy Portfolio) was first exhibited at Galerie Ferdinand Möller in Berlin.
• The motifs are based on numerous notes that Mueller made during his travels in the Balkans.
• The works from the portfolio, which comprises a total of nine motifs, are among the most important prints in his graphic oeuvre.
• Sheets from this portfolio are among the most sought-after prints by Otto Mueller on the international auction market.

PROVENANCE: Otto Mueller estate (Maschka Mueller).
Galerie Reinhardt Franz, East Berlin (until 1947).
Galerie Werner Kunze, Berlin.
Private collection, Berlin (since 2006: Neumeister).

LITERATURE: Florian Karsch, Otto Mueller. Das graphische Gesamtwerk, Berlin 1974, catalogue raisonné no. 166/IV (of IV).
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Neumeister, Munich, 40th auction, 16 November 2006, lot 658 (illustrated).

In good condition with rich colors. With a backed tear in the center of the sheet's upper edge (about 1 cm). The sheet is slightly wavy in places, minimally creased, and a bit browned.