Lesende Frau (Bildnis Frau Toni Kirchhoff sitzend auf dem Balkon). Ca 1927.
Oil on board with canvas structure, laid on baord.
Jawlensky/ Pieroni-Jawlensky 1259. Lower left monogrammed. 43 x 32.3 cm (16.9 x 12.7 in). Backing board: 46 x 33,5 cm (18 x 13,3 in).
Verso of backing board inscribed "Frau Toni Kirchhoff Wiesbaden etwa 1920 gemalt von Alexey [sic!] von Jawlensky. Freund von (Sammler Kirchhoff)" by a hand other than that of the artist.
PROVENANCE: Collection Kichhoff, Wiesbaden (until at least 1939).
Collection Dr. Conrad Doebbeke, Berlin.
Art trader Lempertz Cologne, 451st auction, 27 October 1958, lot 139.
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, 33rd auction, 29/30 May 1959, lot 365, Illu plate 18 (verso with gallery label and lot number).
Franz Monheim, Aachen.
Ursula Neußer-Monheim.
Private collection Northern Germany (inheritance).
EXHIBITION: Deutsche und französische Kunstwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts. Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf, 2nd November 1974 until late February 1975, color illu. in catalog on p. 34.
LITERATURE: Clemens Weiler, Jawlensky Köpfe - Gesichter - Meditationen, Hanau 1970, p. 159, no.10.
Called up: June 10, 2017 - ca. 14.12 h +/- 20 min.