Alexei von Jawlensky
Portrait of a Woman

CultureRussian
Titles
  • Portrait of a Woman
Date1912
PlaceMunich, Germany
MediumOil on board
DimensionsBoard: 20 7/8 × 19 1/2 in. (53 × 49.5 cm)
Frame: 31 1/4 × 29 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (79.4 × 75.6 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.284
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
223 Beck Galleries
On view

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ProvenanceEchem Niehaus, Munich; [Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, 1962]; [Hamilton Gallery, London, 1964]; Dr. Helmut Gernsheim, Castagnola; [Roman N. Ketterer, Lugano, Switzerland, 1968]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1968; given to MFAH, 1998.
Exhibition History"The Blue Four," Hamilton Gallery, London, 1964.

"U.S. Loan Exhibition," National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1971–73.

"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: Inscriptions on verso of pulp board panel.:
At upper right, verso: "HEIBLKOPF 1910 (with a "2" inscribed over the zero) A. Jawlensky (signature of the artist) At lower left, verso: "N 63."
Signed upper left, recto: "A.Jawlensky"
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