ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)

Lot 548
03.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 150 000
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Lot 548 | ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)

Helle Erscheinung

signed 'A. Jawlensky.' (lower left); bears the date and inscription '1916 N.6' (on the reverse; by the artist's son)

oil on paper laid down on board

19 7/8 x 12 3/4 in. (50.4 x 32.5 cm.)

Painted in St. Prex in 1916





Provenance

The artist’s estate.

Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Dusseldorf, by whom acquired from the above on 17 March 1966.

Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1966; sale, Christie’s, London, 28 November 1988, lot 43.

Acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie’s, London, 7 October 1999, lot 118.

Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale.

Private Collection, Europe, by whom acquired from the above.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

(Probably) C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky, Köpfe, Gesichte, Meditationen, Hanau, 1970, no. 158, p. 143 (titled ‘Blaue Augen, rosa Mund’).

(Probably) C. Weiler, Jawlensky, Heads, Faces, Meditations, London, 1971, no. 158, p. 123 (titled ‘Blue eyes, pink mouth’).

M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1914-1933, London, 1992, no. 736, p. 114 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Krugier & Cie., Alexei Jawlensky, February 1963, no. 26.



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