ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941) - photo 1
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ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)

Lot 552
03.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 300 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 552 | ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)
Estimate value
£ 300 000 – 400 000
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)

Madame Sid

signed 'A. Jawlensky' (upper right); dated '1906' (on the reverse)

oil on board

20 3/4 x 19 1/2 cm. (52.8 x 49.6 cm.)

Painted in 1906





Provenance

The artist's studio.

Private collection.

John Levy, London, by 1960.

Redfern Gallery, London.

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1967, lot 100.

Anonymous sale, Ketterer Kunst, Zurich, 19 May 2001, lot 8.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. I, 1890-1914, London, 1991, no. 88, p. 97 (illustrated).

F. Billeter (ed.), Horizont, Jawlensky, 1900-1914, exh. cat, Munich, 2014, no. 9, pp. 185 & 191 (illustrated p. 191).



Exhibited

Wiesbaden, Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Ausstellung der Wiesbadener Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, November 1912, no. 52 (titled 'Madame Sic [Bretagne]').

London, Redfern Gallery, Alexej von Jawlensky, May - June 1956, no. 40.

London, Redfern Gallery, Jawlensky, October 1960, no. 43.

New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Artists and Maecenas, A Tribute to Curt Valentin, November - December 1962, no. 225, p. 118 (illustrated).



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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Applied technique:Oil, Painted
Art style:Expressionism, Modern art
Genre:Portrait
Place of origin:Western Europe, Germany, Europe
Auction house category:Paintings
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