Standing Girl on Water and the Other Sitting on the Shore

1921-1922

Otto Mueller

Associated Names
Otto Mueller

Artist, German, 1874 - 1930

The image features two figures, one seated with a bent leg and leaning slightly forward, and the other standing with one arm raised above the head. The figures have simple and stylized facial features and distinct facial shapes. The figure on the left has short hair, while the figure on the right has longer, straight hair. Both figures are nude and set against a background that suggests a natural outdoor setting, possibly grass or foliage, depicted with sketchy, abstract lines. The artwork is a monochromatic sketch with no visible jewelry or objects. The background is simplistic, with dark lines used to imply texture and elements.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 38.5 x 28.7 cm (15 3/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 56 x 44 cm (22 1/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.355

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Karsch 1974, no. 143

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • German Expressionist Prints from the Collection of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, NGA, Washington, D.C., 1985: no. 40.

Bibliography

1974

  • Karsch, Florian. Otto Mueller zum hundertsten Geburtstag, das graphische Gesamtwerk. Exh. cat. Berlin: Galerie Nierendorf, 1974.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Otto Müller; by later hand, lower left in graphite: B682 E.1621; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Mädchen in Landschaft

Wikidata ID

Q76349282

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