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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 6, 2025 | Ketterer Kunst | Munich | Evening Sale | 45 | $****** - ****** | Mystischer Kopf; . |
paintings
25.5 x 16 cm (10.04 x 6.3 in)
Oil on fibreboard.
Inscribed with the artist"s name on the reverse, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist, as well as dated “1917(?)” by yet another hand or by Lisa Kümmel
Lisa Kümmel, Wiesbaden. Karl Kümmel, Wiesbaden (from the above in 1944). Galerie Thomas, Munich (from 1978, on commission from the above). Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia. Galerie Thomas, Munich. Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above).
• Significant provenance: From the estate of Jawlensky"s trusted friend Lisa Kümmel. - Until June 1, 2025, the Louisiana Museum in Humlebæk, Denmark, presents a comprehensive solo exhibition of the artist"s works . Unbekannte Arbeiten, Galerie Thomas, Munich, February 3 - March 25, 1978, p. 27 (illustrated in color on p. 28).
Maria Jawlensky/Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky/Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej Jawlensky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II: 1914-1933, Munich 1992, p. 225, cat. rais. no. 923 (illustrated in black and white). - - Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, October 18, 2002, p. 159, lot 538 (illustrated). Called up: June 6, 2025 - ca. 18.54 h +/- 20 min.
Alexej von Jawlensky
Mystischer Kopf
Um 1917.
Oil on fibreboard.
Inscribed with the artist"s name on the reverse, presumably by a hand other than that of the artist, as well as dated “1917(?)” by yet another hand or by Lisa Kümmel. 25.5 x 16 cm (10 x 6.2 in).
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• Vibrant, front-view portrait from the series of the “Mystical Heads.”
• With a radically reduced visual language and maximally liberated use of color, inspired and influenced by the Parisian avant-garde, Jawlensky strikes a fascinating balance between figuration and abstraction.
• During these years, the artist found new strength in the motif of the portrait head, which was central to his entire oeuvre.
• Comparable “Mystical Heads” are part of the collections of many museums, among them the Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, the Landesmuseum Darmstadt, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena.
