Oil on canvas. Signed and dated in lower right. Once more signed, as well as titled and inscribed on the reverse. 66 x 52.5 cm. [SM]. - Albert Mueller is one of the most important artists of the Stuttgart avant-garde. - In the year of his birth, he was a student of Adolf Hölzel and Johannes Itten. - The clarity of the early morning echoes in a style inspired by Cubism. LITERATURE: Auction house Nagel, Stuttgart, November 14, 2018, lot 6.
Hermann Stenner und seine Zeit: ".dies Streben nach dem ganz Grossen etwas in der Kunst...", Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, January 20 - June 10, 2019, cat. no. 121. Hermann Stenner. Erst ordentlich zeichnen lernen, Kunstforum Hermann Stenner, Bielefeld, September 20, 2019 - February 2, 2020. Die Sammlung Bunte. Expressionsistische Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, Gut Altenkamp, Aschendorf, July 12 - October 25, 2020
Ernst Otto Oßwald Collection (1880-1960), architect and builder of the Tagblattturm Stuttgart (directly from the artist in the 1920s). Since then family-owned. (until 2018) Hermann-Josef Bunte Collection, Hamburg/ Bielefeld (since 2018: auction house Nagel)
In good condition. The edges of the image somewhat rubbed, upper right with a somewhat clearer loss of color. Minimal craquelure, there partly with tiny losses of color. A few small retouches in the sky.