Zwei Mädchen – Halbakte (Russisches Mädchenpaar). 1920.
Lithograph.
Signed and inscribed with details on the edition and the publisher by the collector Heinrich Stinnes. Froman edition of 22 copies. On Japan paper. 43 x 33.5 cm (16.9 x 13.1 in). Papier: 51 x 37,5 cm (20 x 14,7 in).
Published by Hyperion-Verlag (Kurt Wolff). [KA].

• The female nude is a recurring motif in Otto Müller's work.
• Expressive juxtaposition of light and dark by this important “Brücke” artist.
• Mueller is one of the most important representatives of German Expressionism.
• Some of his works were shown at the first documenta in Kassel in 1955.

PROVENANCE: Dr. Heinrich Stinnes Collection, Cologne (with the red collector's stamp, Lugt 1376a, on the recto).
Sprengel Collection, Hanover.
Private collection, Hesse (since 2006, Lempertz June 3, 2006).

LITERATURE: Florian Karsch, Otto Mueller. Das graphische Gesamtwerk, Berlin, 1973, catalogue raisonné no. 121 a (of c).
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Lempertz 891. Auction, June 3, 2006, lot no. 862, p. 231 (illustrated).

In good condition. With three barely noticeable vertical creases and slight compressions in the lateral sheet margins, which do not impair the overall impression. The upper right and left sheet corners have been professionally backed. A small professionally restored blemish in the upper right sheet margin.