Alexej von Jawlensky

Frauenportrait
1921/22

Blue pencil on paper

41.7 × 29 cm / 16 7/16 × 11 7/16 in

Signed

Catalogue Raisonné by Jawlensky 1998 no. 450

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Provenance

The artist's estate; Lisa Kümmel, Wiesbaden; Karl Kümmel, Wiesbaden (by inheritance); Private Collection USA; Collection Sylvia C. Pallock; Sotheby's New York (19 April 1984, lot 119); Private Collection USA (1984 - ); Collection Richard D. Smith, Wichita; Sotheby's London (4 February 2004, lot 538); Maria Angelopoulos Collection, Greece (2004 - 2008); Christie's London (5 February 2008, lot 545); Private Collection Europe; Ketterer Kunst Munich (4 June 2008, lot 345); Galerie Thomas, Munich (2011); Private Collection New York (2011-2022)

Exhibitions

Galerie Ludorff, Neuerwerbungen Herbst 2022, Düsseldorf 2022

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Neuerwerbungen Herbst 2022", Düsseldorf 2022, S. 72
Maria Jawlensky/Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky/Angelica Jawlensky, "Alexej von Jawlensky catalogue raisonné. Volume Four. The watercolours and drawings. 1890-1938", München 1998, Nr. 450

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".