ID 1514975
Lot 1 | Alexej Jawlensky. Blick auf Murnau
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 300 000
JAWLENSKY, ALEXEJ1867 Twer/Moscow - 1941 Wiesbaden


Title: Blick auf Murnau.
Date: Ca. 1908.
Technique: Oil on cardboard.
Mounting: Laid down on canvas.
Measurement: 27,5 x 35,5cm.
Notation: Signed lower left: Jawlensky.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.


The painting was originally painted on both sides and was separated in 1977. The other side is cat. rais. No. 146, which depicts a landscape in Wasserburg.

Provenance:
- Artist's studio
- Adolf Frank, Braunschweig (1921, directly from the artist)
- Gustav Forstenzer, Braunschweig/New York (1924 through inheritance from the previous owner)
- Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York (1981)
- Private collection, South America/Germany (1982 acquired from the previous owner)

Literature:
- Jawlensky, Maria/Pieroni-Jawlensky, Lucia/Jawlensky, Angelica: Alexej von Jawlensky - Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Vol. One, 1890-1914, Munich 1991, cat. rais. no. 215


- One of the first Murnau paintings, filled with a glowing, colour-intensive evening atmosphere
- A key work in Alexej von Jawlensky's transition to expressionist art
- The painting documents a special moment in German art history.
Address of auction VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
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