Fünf gelbe Akte am Wasser. 1921.
Lithograph in colors.
Karsch 156 c (of c). Monogrammed. One of ca. 100 unnumbered copies on this type of paper. On wove paper. 33.5 x 43.5 cm (13.1 x 17.1 in). Sheet: 43 x 52,7 cm (16,5 x 20,6 in).
Published by Kurt Wolff at Hyperion Verlag. [SM].

• One of Otto Mueller's very rare color lithographs.
• Otto Mueller first devoted himself to color lithography in 1919 after his appointment to the Breslau Academy.
• The motif of bathers in the open air is considered one of the main motifs of the "Brücke" artists Otto Mueller, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Hermann Max Pechstein and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.
• From the William Landmann Collection, Canada.

PROVENANCE: Kunsthaus Herbert Tannenbaum, Mannheim.
William (Dr. Wilhelm) Landmann Collection (1891-1987), Mannheim / Amsterdam / Toronto (acquired from the above).
Martin Landmann Collection (1923-2021), Vancouver, Canada (obtained from the above in 1953).
Ever since family-owned.

EXHIBITION: Für die Kunst! Herbert Tannenbaum und sein Kunsthaus. Ein Galerist – seine Künstler, seine Kunden, sein Konzept. MANNHEIM Reiß-Museum 1994, cat. no. 235 (this very copy).

Good overall impression. The paper browned and somewhat sunned. Small creases.