![Three Girls in Profile (Drei Mädchen im Profil) for the First Annual Portfolio 1921, no. 2 (Brücke Artists) (Erste Jahresgabe 1921, no. 2 [Die Künstler der Brücke])](https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjExOTMxMiJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDEwMjR4MTAyNFx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=8cb696ad4d01f5ee)
Three Girls in Profile (Drei Mädchen im Profil) for the First Annual Portfolio 1921, no. 2 (Brücke Artists) (Erste Jahresgabe 1921, no. 2 [Die Künstler der Brücke])
Otto Mueller
German, 1874–1930
(1921)
A 1921 lithograph by Otto Mueller that shows three young women in close profile, rendered with spare, rhythmic lines to evoke simplified form and a quiet, inward mood.
You’re struck by the frieze‑like repetition of mask‑like profiles—each head tilted slightly, sketched with textured, economical strokes that flatten the bodies into sculptural, abstract silhouettes.
Produced for a Brücke portfolio, this print exemplifies German Expressionism’s move toward primitivist simplification and subdued emotion, and it helped circulate the group’s modernist vocabulary through reproducible prints.
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
composition: 11 5/16 x 15 1/4" (28.7 x 38.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 5/8 x 22 5/16" (44.7 x 56.7 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession
445.1940
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
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