LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on board laid on canvas
Measurements:
29.53 in. (75.00 cm.) (height) by 25.63 in. (65.10 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed 'A.J.', u.l.
Exhibited:
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Alexej von Jawlensky,1964,no.49 Frankfurt, Kunstverein & Hamburg, Kunstverein, Jawlensky,1967, no.13 New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Fauves and Expressionists,1968,no.35 Allentown, Pennsylvania, Art Museum, The Blue Four and German Expressionism,1974,no.15 New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Der Blaue Reiter und sein Kreis,1977,no.21 Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Jawlensky 1864-1941,1983,no.67 (as dating from 1910);
London, Royal Academy of Arts & Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, German Art in the 20th Century, Painting and Sculpture 1905-1985, 1985-86,no.48 Turin, Lingotto, Arte russa e sovietica 1870-1930, 1989,no.109 Madrid, Fundació Juan March & Barcelona, Museo Picasso, Jawelensky,1992,no.36 Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Figures du Moderne, L'Expressionnisme en Allemagne 1905 à 1914, 1992-93,no.221 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Städtische Galerie, Jawlensky: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen,1994,no.13, Murnau, Schlossmuseum des Marktes, Jawlensky: Frühe Portrats 1908-1913,1995 Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall, Von der Brücke zum Blauen Reiter- Farbe, Form und Ausdruck in der deutschen Kunst von 1905 bis 1914,1996 Roslyn Harbour, NY, Nassau County Museum of Art, Feminine Image,1997,no.3 Basel, Kunsthaus, on loan (1997-2002);
Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Le Fauvisme ou 'l'épreuve du feu': Éruption de la modernité en Europe, 1999-2000, no.151
Literature:
C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky, Cologne, 1959,no.57,illus. p.230 (as dating from 1910) E. Rathke, Jawlensky, Hanau,1968,no.13 J. Schultze, Jawlensky, Cologne,1970,no.4,illus.p.63 N. Forman, 'A different League', in The Sunday Bulletin, Philadelphia,31st March 1974,illus. E. W. Wolf, 'Jawlensky. Ein leuchtendes Erbe', in Pan,no.6, Offenburg, June 1983,illus. pp.3,93 M. Gehrke, 'Im Gesicht tritt die Seele ans Fenster', in Chic, Cologne, September 1983,illus.p.16 'Jawlensky 1985', in Calendar,Hanau,1984,illus. 'Acht Jahrzehnte deutscher Kunst', in Art,no.10,October 1985, illus. p. 22 C. Doria (ed.), Russian Samizdat Art,New York,1986,illus. p.41 'Jawlensky, 1987', in Calendar,Munich,June 1987, illus. Jawlensky: From Appearance to Essence (exh. cat.), Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA,1991,fig.9,illus. p.21 Angelica Jawlensky, 'Dear Jawlensky', in FMR,Milan & New York, Februrary 1991,no.48,illus. p.127 M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky Bianconi, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, 1890-1914, London, 1991,vol.I, no.318, illus. p.250 I. Goldberg, 'Le Cavalier bleu', 'Expressionnisme Allemand', in Beaux-Arts,Paris,Nov. 1992,illus. p.34 The Art Book,London,1994,illus. p.235 'Jawlensky Besucher-Magnet' (exh. rev.), in M. Tagblatt, Murnau & Paris,1995, illus. Jean-Claude Marcadé, L'Avant-Garde Russe,Paris,1995,illus. pl. XVII 'Schokko bleibt vorerst in Basel', in Basler Zeitung,Basel,28th-29th June 1997, no.148,illus. p.39
Provenance:
Estate of the artist Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in the late 1960s; sale: Sotheby's, New York, 5th November 2003, lot 20);
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner