Zigeunermadonna (Zigeunerin mit Kind vor Wagenrad). 1926/27.
Lithograph in colors.
Confirmed by Erich Heckel in pencil on the reverse. From an edition of 60 copies. On brown wove paper. 69.5 x 50.5 cm (27.3 x 19.8 in). Sheet: 70,5 x 50,5 cm (27,7 x 19,8 in).
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• Main sheet from the series published under the title "Zigeunermappe" in 1927, and today considered Otto Mueller's most important graphic work .
• A masterpiece of his graphic art and a highlight of expressionist lithography.
The sheets from the "Zigeuner" portfolio are among the most sought-after graphic works by Otto Mueller on the international auction market (source: artprice.com).

PROVENANCE:
Dr. Ewald Rathke Kunsthandel, Frankfurt a.M.
Deutsche Bank Collection (acquired from the above in 1970).

LITERATURE:
Florian Karsch, Otto Mueller zum hundertsten Geburtstag. Das graphische Gesamtwerk. Holzschnitte - Radierung - Lithographien - Farblithographien, Berlin 1974, no. 168 .

In good condition. Sheet all in all creased and with isolated faint smoothed vertical creases. Single, professionally closed tears at the edges.