Sale: 419 / Modern Art, Dec. 05. 2014 in Munich Lot 65

 

65
Alexej von Jawlensky
Mein Fenster, 1930.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 11,250 / $ 12,150

(incl. surcharge)
Mein Fenster. 1930.
Feather drawing and Watercolor.
Not in Jawlensky. Hiowever, cf. J. 668, 669 and 654. Inscribed "Mein Fenster" lower right. Verso: Short letter to a friend, presumably Toni Kirchhoff, there signed and dated by a hand other than that of the artist. On board. 13 x 9,6 cm (5,1 x 3,7 in), the full sheet. [KD].

PROVENANCE: Collection Kirchhoff Wiesbaden.
Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, 31st auction 20 - 21 May, 1958, lot 435.
Private collection Rheinland-Pfalz (acquired from previously mentioned in 1958, ever since in family ownership).

LITERATURE: Picture of the window in Wiesbaden in: Alexej von Jawlensky. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen 2 July - 11 September, 1994, cat. p. 52.




65
Alexej von Jawlensky
Mein Fenster, 1930.
Watercolor
Estimate:
€ 10,000 / $ 10,800
Sold:
€ 11,250 / $ 12,150

(incl. surcharge)