Property from a New York Private Collection
Alexej von Jawlensky
Mystischer Kopf: Rabenflügel IV (Mystical Head: Raven's Wing IV)
Auction Closed
May 20, 08:59 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Private Collection
Alexej von Jawlensky
1864 - 1941
Mystischer Kopf: Rabenflügel IV (Mystical Head: Raven's Wing IV)
signed A. Jawlensky and dated 18. (lower right); signed A. Jawlensky, dated 1918 and inscribed M.K. (on the reverse)
oil on board
10 ¼ by 7 ⅝ in.
26 by 19.4 cm.
Executed in 1918.
(probably) Lyonel Feininger, Germany
Edmund Fürst, Berlin and Israel (acquired by descent from the above by 1935)
Eva Fürst, Israel (acquired by descent from the above in 1980)
Private Collection, Israel (acquired by descent from the above)
Dr. Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart (acquired by descent from the above)
Christie's, London, 27 June 1995, lot 213 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Los Angeles (acquired at the above sale)
Sotheby's, New York, 7 January 2013, lot 335 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Kunsthaus Zurich and Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Jawlensky in Switzerland 1914-1921, 2000-01, p. 234, pl. 102, illustrated in color
Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky and Angelica Jawlensky Bianconi, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Watercolors and Drawings 1890-1938, vol. IV, London, 1998, no. 2299, p. 427, illustrated in color
