Alfredo Müller
Le Massage (After the Bath)

ArtistFrench, born Italy, 1869–1939
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Massage (After the Bath)
Date1908
MediumAquatint in color on laid paper, from the edition of approx. 50
DimensionsPlate or block (approximately): 19 1/2 × 24 1/8 in. (49.5 × 61.2 cm)
Sheet (at open): 20 1/2 × 24 15/16 in. (52 × 63.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Julie Peak
Object number2022.78
Non exposé

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Provenance[Henri M. Petiet, Paris]1, by 1980; [Paris, Hôtel Drouot], by 1991; [Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Inc., Houston, TX], 1991-1992; purchased by Julie Peak, Houston, TX, 1992; Julie Peak Collection, Houston, 1992-2022; given to the MFAH, 2022

1Henri Marie Petiet (1894-1980) (L.2021a and L.5031) was a Parisian dealer of Modern prints. He began as a print collector in 1919 and became a dealer in 1925. His American agent was Jean Goriany, until 1943. His address in Paris was 11 rue d’Assas, Paris [in 1937]. See Christine Oddo, Henri Marie Petiet: Art and the Dealer (Paris: Éditions des Cendres, 2017).

Left: L.5031 as it appears on the verso of Le Massage (After the Bath)

Exhibition HistoryHouston, TX, Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Alfredo Müller 1869–1939, Color Etchings and Aquatints, inventory nos. 191-07-25-01 (Massage) and 192-03-27-01 (Flotille) (1992).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in graphite lower right: Muller
None known
Catalogue raisonnéKoehl 2014 [no. E10, p. 58 (illus. p. 55)]

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