Sale: 366 / Rare Books including Marine Art, May 17./18. 2010 in Hamburg Lot 832

 
Alexej von Jawlensky - Gästebuch Haus Borgmann mit Skizze von Jawlensky, 1929


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Alexej von Jawlensky
Gästebuch Haus Borgmann mit Skizze von Jawlensky, 1929
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
Sold:
€ 4,560 / $ 4,879

(incl. surcharge)
Jawlensky. - Guest book of the artist's pension 'Haus Borgmann'. Wiesbaden 1929-42 and 1952-54. Contemp. calf (defective). 8vo. 92 (63 with letters) ll.

Guest book of the inn and pension 'Haus Borgmann' in Wiesbaden, where well-known, mostly regional, artists were accommodated. Particularly remarkable is the small signed feather sketch of a girl's head by Alexej von Jawlensky (ca. 6,5 : 6 cm), which the put into the book in late May or early June of 1929. Jawlensky (1865-1941) lived in Wiesbaden from 1921 until his death. - Binding defective, some ll. loosened, ca. 3 ll. with marginal blemishes, 1 l. slightly torn. Binding with traces of use, cover of front board detached.




832
Alexej von Jawlensky
Gästebuch Haus Borgmann mit Skizze von Jawlensky, 1929
Estimate:
€ 2,500 / $ 2,675
Sold:
€ 4,560 / $ 4,879

(incl. surcharge)