ID 1164156 
Lot 281  | ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000 
Bildnis (Bildnis Toni)
signed 'A. Jawlensky' (lower right)
oil on board
16 x 12 3⁄8 in. (40.5 x 31.4 cm.)
Painted in St. Prex circa 1915
Provenance
Galka Scheyer, Los Angeles.
Redfern Gallery, London, by December 1953.
Sir Rex de Charembac Nan Kivell, London, by whom acquired from the above in May 1956.
Dr. Spiegl, California.
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, by February 1965.
Anonymous sale, Galerie La Motte, Geneva, December 1970, lot 164.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s & Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 21 October 1971, lot 128.
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich, by whom probably acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the late owner in 1978.
Literature
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1914-1933, London, 1992, no. 658, pp. 59-60 (illustrated p. 59).
Alexej von Jawlensky, exh. cat. Palazzo Reale, Milan, 1995, p. 23 (illustrated; titled 'Testa di ragazza' and dated '1915-1916').
Exhibited
London, Redfern Gallery, Russian Emigré Artists in Paris, December 1953 - January 1954, no. 120 (illustrated; titled 'Tête de jeune fille').
London, Redfern Gallery, Alexej von Jawlensky, May - June 1956, no. 18 (illustrated; dated ‘1913’).
London, Redfern Gallery, Patrick Heron, Derwent Lees, Paul Olds and The Abstract Influence, 1910-1950, March 1958, no. 89 (titled 'Mädchen Kopf').
London, Redfern Gallery, Michael Ayrton, Jawlensky, Viera da Silva, June - July 1959, no. 55 (dated ‘1913’).
London, Redfern Gallery, Jawlensky, October 1960, no. 11 (illustrated; dated ‘1913’).
Pasadena, Museum of Art, Alexei Jawlensky, A Centennial Exhibition, April - May 1964, no. 48, p. 79 (dated '1913’); this exhibition later travelled to Waltham, Bradeis University, Rose Art Museum, November - December 1964, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery, January - February 1965; Berkley, University of California Art Gallery, March 1965; Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Art Gallery, October - November 1965; and New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, December 1965 - January 1966.
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, A Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by Alexej Jawlensky, February - March 1965, no. 25 (dated ‘1913’).
Munich, Galerie Gunzenhauser, Alexej Jawlensky, Ölbilder, October 1971, no. 7, p. 3 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Alexej von Jawlensky (1864 - 1941) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted | 
| Art style: | Expressionism | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Artist: | Alexej von Jawlensky (1864 - 1941) | 
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| Applied technique: | Oil, Painted | 
| Art style: | Expressionism | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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