ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1902-1984)
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ID 1507973
Lot 262 | ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1902-1984)
Estimate value
200000USD $ 200 000 – 300 000
Helena Jawlensky
oil on card laid down on canvas
25 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. (65 x 50 cm.)
Painted circa 1908
Provenance
Lisa Kümmel, Wiesbaden (acquired from the artist).
Karl Kümmel, Wiesbaden (by descent from the above, 1944).
Margit Chanin, New York (probably acquired from the above).
Dr. Hans Kleinschmidt, New York; sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 15 June 1972, lot. 434.
Galeria La Medusa, Rome (acquired at the above sale).
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York.
Saul Steinberg, New York; sale, Christie's, New York, 18 May 1981, lot 8.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1934-1937, London, 1993, vol. III, p. 164, no. 191 (illustrated, p. 165).
Exhibited
Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Alexej von Jawlensky, March-June 1992, pp. 48 and 141, no. 22 (illustrated in color, p. 48).
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Intimates and Confidants in Art: Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends, February-May 1993, p. 78 (illustrated, p. 70).
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, German Expressionist Paintings, November 2001-March 2002.
Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, The Subject is Women: Impressionism and Post Impressionism, January-February 2010, p. 26 (illustrated in color, p. 21).
| Art style: | Modern art |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Art style: | Modern art |
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| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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