Otto Mueller (1874-1930) Zwei Zigeunerkinder vor der Hütte (Two Gypsy Children at the front of a Hut) Lithograph printed in colours (black, green, yellow and red-rose), 1926-7, on grey-brown wove paper, signed in crayon, a fine impression, a rare trial proof with one of the colour stones omitted, from the set of nine lithographs in the Zigeuner series, aside from the edition of 60, published by the artist and Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Berlin Sheet: 90 x 70 cm Provenance: Maschka Mueller, the artist’s wife, inscribed by her recto Maschka Mueller Eigenthum Farbiger Einzeldruck Breslau 27 Sonderdruck unverkäuflich’; P. & D. Colnaghi, London 1974 Literature: Karsch 162 The Zigeuner portfolio is generally regarded as the culmination of the artist’s graphic work. An edition of 6o was apparently printed, but only about 20 portfolios were issued, many of the works remaining in the artist’s estate