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Alexej von Jawlensky

Abstrakter Kopf: Ostern (Abstract Head: Easter)

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November 21, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Bid

280,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Alexej von Jawlensky

1864 - 1941


Abstrakter Kopf: Ostern (Abstract Head: Easter)

signed with the initials A.J. (lower left); dated 33. (lower right); signed A. Jawlensky, dated 1933 and inscribed N.83. (on the reverse)

oil on board

16 ⅞ by 13 in.

42.8 by 32.9 cm.

Executed in 1933.

Galka Scheyer, Hollywood (on consignment from the artist in July 1933)

Compulsory Estate Sale, U.S. Department of Justice, Los Angeles, 29 September 1954, lot 4

Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale)

J.B. Neumann Galleries, New York

World House Galleries, New York

Private Collection, California

Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York (acquired by 1984)

Private Collection, United States

Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1989, lot 357 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Germany (acquired at the above sale)

Christie's, London, 7 February 2005, lot 52 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, London (acquired at the above sale)

Private Collection (acquired by descent from the above)

Christie's, London, 2 February 2010, lot 42 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Europe (acquired at the above sale)

Christie’s, London, 4 February 2015, lot 36 (consigned by the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

(probably) Los Angeles Museum, The Blue Four, 1933, no. 77

(probably) Seattle, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery, no. 40 (titled Spring)

(probably) New York, Nierendorf Gallery, no. 62 (titled Spring)

New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, The Blue Four: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee, 1984, no. 32, pp. 42 and 76, illustrated in color (titled Ostern)

Museum Wiesbaden, Alexej von Jawlensky zum 50. Todesjahr, Gemälde und graphische Arbeiten, 1991, no. 130, pp. 120-21, illustrated in color

Madrid, Fundación Juan March and Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1992, no. 104, p. 116, illustrated in color (titled La pasqua)

The artist's cahier noir, p. 20

Michael Brenson, “Art: A View of the Blue Four and Expressionism,” The New York Times, 20 April 1984, p. C25, illustrated

Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky and Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1914-1933, vol. II, London, 1992, no. 1434, pp. 488-89 and 499, illustrated in color