Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Alexej von Jawlensky
Mädchenkopf (Head of a Girl)
Auction Closed
November 15, 10:48 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Lloyd and Margit Cotsen, Sold to Benefit the Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching
Alexej von Jawlensky
1864 - 1941
Mädchenkopf (Head of a Girl)
signed A. Jawlensky (lower left); signed with the initials A.J. (upper left)
oil on board
21 by 19⅜ in.
53.3 by 49.2 cm.
Executed circa 1913.
Dr. Ernst Mayer, Wiesbaden (acquired from the artist in March 1928)
Sotheby’s London, 4 December 1968, lot 81 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Herbert Kende Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York (acquired by 1969)
Saltzman Collection, New York (acquired by 1991)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
Sotheby’s London, 4 December 1968, lot 81 (consigned by the estate of the above)
Herbert Kende Gallery, New York (acquired from the above)
Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York (acquired by 1969)
Saltzman Collection, New York (acquired by 1991)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky and Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings 1890-1914, vol. I, London, 1991, no. 611, p. 479, illustrated
London, Roland Browse and Delbanco, 1958
(probably) London, Redfern Gallery, Alexej von Jawlensky 1864-1941, 1956, no. 16
(probably) London, Redfern Gallery, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1960, no. 50
Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, 1998-1999 (on loan)