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Alexej von Jawlensky

Murnau, 1910

Not on View

Medium

oil on hardboard

Dimensions

overall: 32.9 x 42.3 cm (12 15/16 x 16 5/8 in.)

framed: 46.5 x 56.2 x 4.7 cm (18 5/16 x 22 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin

Accession Number

1973.69.1

Artists / Makers

Alexej von Jawlensky (artist) Russian, 1864 - 1941

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Inscription

lower right: A. Jawlensky

Provenance

(Curt Valentin Gallery, New York) from at least 1954; acquired 1955 by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin, New York;[1] gift 1973 to NGA.

[1] This painting was exhibited at the Curt Valentin Gallery in 1954. Colin was the attorney for the Gallery and handled its liquidation following Valentin's death in 1955. This picture was included in the exhibition of remaining gallery stock in 1955, and presumably acquired by Colin at that time. There is a label from the Curt Valentin Gallery on the back of the painting, inventory number 15409.

Associated Names

Buchholz Gallery, New York
Colin, Ralph F., Mr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

1954: Der Blau Reiter, Curt Valentin Gallery, 1954-1955, no. 5.

1955: Artists of the Blau Reiter, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, 1955, no. 6.

1955: Closing Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Curt Valentin Gallery, New York, 1955, no. 48.

1960: The Colin Collection: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1960, no. 2, repro., as Landscape.

1974: The Blue Four and German Expressionism, Allentown Art Museum, 1974, no. 16, repro.

1981: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Arthur Burns, U.S. Embassy residence, Bonn, West Germany, 1981-1985.

1983: Alexej Jawlensky (1864-1941), Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, 1983, no. 62, repro.

1991: Alexej Jawlensky: From Appearance to Essence, Long Beach Museum of Art, 1991, no. 5, repro.

1993: Alexej von Jawlensky, Musée Reattu, Arles, France, 1993, no. 14, repro.

2003: Schoenberg, Kandinsky, and the Blue Rider, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2003-2004, no. 37, repro.

2017: Alexei Jawlensky, Neue Galerie, New York, 2017, no. 15, repro.

Bibliography

1975: European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 182, repro.

1985: European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 210, repro.

1991: Jawlensky, Maria, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, and Angelica Jawlensky. Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings 4 vols. London, 1991: 1:no. 355, repro.

2000: Kirsh, Andrea, and Rustin S. Levenson. Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies. Materials and Meaning in the Fine Arts 1. New Haven, 2000: 264.