Alexej von Jawlensky

Abstrakter Kopf: Göttliches Leuchten (Abstract Head: Divine Glow)

Auction Closed

May 16, 09:00 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Pennsylvania Collection

Alexej von Jawlensky

1864 - 1941

Abstrakter Kopf: Göttliches Leuchten (Abstract Head: Divine Glow)

signed with the initials A.J. (lower left); bearing the inscription Av.jawlensky, 1918 (Ascona), A.Kopf 7 "Göttliches Leuchten" (on the reverse)

oil on board

16 ¾ by 12 ¾ in.

42.5 by 32.4 cm.

Executed in Ascona in 1918.

Estate of the artist

Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York (acquired from the above)

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky, Cologne, 1959, no. 253, p. 245, illustrated

Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky. Köpfe, Gesichte, Meditationen, Hanau, 1970, no. 214

Wolf-Dieter Dube, The Expressionists, London, 1985, no. 92, p. 119, illustrated

Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky and Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Volume Two 1914-1933, London, 1992, no. 1001, p. 266, illustrated

Munich, Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1956, n.p., illustrated in color

New York, Kleemann Galleries, Alexej von Jawlensky: 1864-1941, 1956, illustrated in color on the cover

Delft, Stedelijk Museum, Het Prinsenhof, Nieuwe religieuze kunst, 1958, no. 82