Otto Mueller - The Graphic Work - bei Galerie Ritthaler

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Lagernde Zigeunerfamilie mit Ziege ,1926-27
Color lithograph on yellowish laid paper.
70,0 x 50,5 cm (sheet: 70,5 x 50,5 cm).
K166/III
Characteristics: The keystone has been polished in the upper
right area of the bush: also both bow-forms etc. have been abraded,
so the bush seems more like brushwood. The shape of the
hill pointing towards the hatband has been replaced by a higher
shape. Many parts show new halftones and shadows: e.g. underarm
of the man, body of the goat, dress of the female gypsy in
the front, beside the trunk of the tree on the left and underneath
the goat, where clumps of grass are indicated. Top and strap of
the dress of the gypsy in the back as well as the mouth and nose
of the girl in the front have been removed.
The green color seems to be unified and extensivley and all
plant-like notches in the grass at the bottom and in the upper
left foliage have vanished. The green in the upper right bush, too.