Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)

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Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)

Mysticher Kopf: Jüngling I

signed lower left A Jawlensky, signed with initials lower right A.J., oil on cardboard
15¾ x 11in. (40 x 27.8cm.)

Painted circa 1917

Provenance

Fritz Lancronsky, Vienna, until 1972 (with his stamp on the reverse) Galerie Jan Altmann, Vienna

Literature

M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings 1934-1937, vol. III, no. 2239 (illustrated p. 394)

Lot Essay

Comparing this work with another work from 1917 of the same subject entitled Jüngling II (no. 867 in the catalogue raisonné), M. Jawlensky (ed.) suggests that the present work could have been titled Jüngling I

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