LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on board

Measurements:

40.35 in. (102.50 cm.) (height) by 27.36 in. (69.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'A. Jawlensky 09' (upper right)

Exhibited:

Munich, Moderne Galerie, Neue Künstlervereinigung, 2, 1910, no. 44 (titled 'Figur in Blau'; exhibition label signed by the artist on the reverse). Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Gruppenausstellung, XIII. Jahrgang, VI, 1911, no. 23 (titled 'Figur in Blau'). Budapest, Nemzeti Szalon, A Futuristak és Expressionistak Kiállitásanak, 1913, no. 43. Hamburg, Galerie Commeter, Jawlensky, 1920, no. 131; this exhibition later travelled to Munich, Galerie Hans Goltz, 1920; Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, September - October 1920; (probably) Frankfurt, Kunsthandlung Schames, December 1920; (probably) Wiesbaden, Neues Museum, January 1921; Barmen, Kunstverein Ruhmeshalle, 1921; and Mannheim, Kunsthalle, 1921.

Literature:

O. Fischer, Das neue Bild, Munich, 1912, p. 35 (illustrated). L.-G. Buchheim, Knaurs Lexikon moderner Kunst, Munich, 1955, p. 139 (illustrated). C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky, Cologne, 1959, no. 51, p. 230 (illustrated pl. 17, p. 161; titled 'Mädchen'). A. Hoberg & H. Friedel, eds., 'Die 1. NKVM-Ausstellung', in Der Blaue Reiter und das neue Bild, exh. cat., Lenbachhaus, Munich, 1999, no. 26, p. 335 (illustrated). M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. I, 1890-1914, London, 1991, no. 240, pp. 207 (illustrated p. 202; the reverse illustrated p. 207).

Provenance:

Paul Bachrach, Brussels, Zurich & Ascona, by whom acquired directly from the artist, circa April 1921. Charlotte Bara, Ascona, by descent from the above. Daisy Thorel (née Matossian), Paris, by whom acquired from the above, in 1956, and thence by descent to the present owner.