Alexej von Jawlensky

Abstrakter Kopf
1929

Oil on cardboard

18 × 13 cm / 7 1/16 × 5 1/8 in

Signed with the initials and again signed and dated »Wiesbaden 1929« on the verso

Catalogue Raisonné by Jawlensky/Pieroni-Jawlensky 1992 no. 1306

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Provenance

Collection Dr. Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel; Estate of Doetsch-Benziger, Basel; Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart (Auction 20.-21. May 1960, lot 231); Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt/Main (1960-1961); Collection Dr. Großmann, Milan (1961-); Private Collection Basel

Exhibitions

Galerie Ludorff, Neuerwerbungen Herbst 2024, Düsseldorf 2024

Literature

Maria Jawlensky/Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky/Angelica Jawlensky, "Alexej von Jawlensky catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings vol. 2 1914-1933", München 1992, Nr. 1306

About Alexej von Jawlensky

Coarse brushstrokes, colorful compositions and abstract figure heads are characteristic of the work of Alexej von Jawlensky, co-founder of the group "The Blue Four".