Gouache and India ink over pencil
One sheet monogrammed lower right and inscribed "Die Badenden. Entwurf zu einem der drei Wandgemälde im Museum (Lindenau-Museum) in Altenburg x Eingang zur Bibliothek. Länge der Wand: 10mtr. Höhe 3,5 mtr. (Rechte Seitenwand)" lower left. The other inscribed "Die Badenden Länge der Wand [..?] 10 mtr., Höhe 3,50 mtr." lower left. Up to 53,7 x 100,5 cm (21,1 x 39,5 in), size of sheet
The first late-impressionist draft for the paintings in the Lindenau museum in Altenburg was made by Ernst Müller-Gräfe in 1911, two of the three wall paintings were completed in 1915. After World War I he created three new versions, which are obliged to Expressionism interms of form and colors. The works were executed between 1919 and 1921, today they are pasted over by wallpaper. [EH].

We are grateful to Ms. Jutta Penndorf, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg, for her kind support in cataloging this lot.

LITERATURE: Jutta Penndorf, Expressionismus in Altenburg?, in: Expressionismus in Thüringen. Facetten eines kulturellen Aufbruchs, published by Cornelia Nowak, Kai Uwe Schierz and Justus H. Ulbricht, Jena 1999, pp. 84-93.