Alexej von Jawlensky
Abstrakter Kopf: Ostern (Abstract Head: Easter)
signed with the artist’s initials (lower left) and dated 33. (lower right); signed A. Jawlensky, dated 1933 and numbered N.83. (on the reverse)
16⅞ by 13 in.
42.8 by 32.9 cm.
Executed in 1933.
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Details
signed with the artist’s initials (lower left) and dated 33. (lower right); signed A. Jawlensky, dated 1933 and numbered N.83. (on the reverse)
16⅞ by 13 in.
42.8 by 32.9 cm.
Provenance
Emmy 'Galka' Scheyer, Hollywood (on consignment from the artist in July 1933)
Compulsory Estate Sale, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Alien Property, Los Angeles, 29 September 1954, lot 4
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles (acquired from 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 from the above sale)
Christie's, London, 7 February 2005, lot 52 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, London (acquired from 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 from the above sale)
Christie’s, London, 4 February 2015, lot 36 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibition
(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, p. 76 and p. 42, illustrated in color (titled Ostern)
Museum Wiesbaden, Alexej von Jawlensky zum 50. Todesjahr, Gemälde und graphische Arbeiten, 1991, no. 130, p. 120 and p. 221, 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)
Literature
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. 488-489 and p. 499, illustrated in color