Otto Mueller (German, 1874–1930)

Boy among Leaves (Boy in Reeds) (Knabe zwischen Blattpflanzen [Knabe im Schilf])

Date:

(1912, printed c. 1913-1925)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 11 1/8 x 14 13/16" (28.3 x 37.6 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 19 3/4" (34.2 x 50.2 cm)

Paper:

Gray, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

The artist, Berlin, Maschka Mueller, Berlin

Edition:

state I: 10 numbered ex. on various papers, printed 1912; state II: approx. 15-20, printed c. 1913-25 (this ex.) and approx. 400 printed after 1945 and 1952

Credit Line:

Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller

Reference:

Karsch 2 II. Rifkind 2047.

MoMA Number:

440.1940

Themes:

Nature, Nude, Primitivism

Techniques:

Woodcut