Portrait of a Woman

c. 1911

Alexej von Jawlensky

Associated Names
Alexej von Jawlensky

Painter, Russian, 1864 - 1941

This is a painted portrait showing the upper body of a woman wearing a large hat or headdress. The woman is positioned facing slightly to the left. Her facial features are abstract and stylized, with dark, round eyes and thin red lips. Her skin is light green. Her dark hair is styled above her head, and on it rests an elaborate pink headdress full of flowers in shades of purple, pink, orange, yellow, and green. Her clothing is a mixture of dark orange and dark blue. The background is a mixture of blues and greens with streaks of red. The brushstrokes are textured and visible, and colors are layered over each other.
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On View

East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217


Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. Hanns Hülsberg, Hagen. (sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 25th auction, 1956, no. 378a). (sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1969, no. 82); (Crane Kalman Gallery, London). (Dr. Rainer Horstmann Kunsthandel, Hamburg). Serge Sabarsky [1912-1996]; (his estate sale, Sotheby's, New York, 13 May 1997, no. 44). Arnold A. [1916-2014] and Joan R. [1919-2019] Saltzman, Sands Point, New York; gift 2020 to NGA.

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Exhibition History

2001

  • German Expressionist Paintings from the Saltzman Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002.

Wikidata ID

Q108686808

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