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Provenance: The artist's studio.
Dr E. Mayer, Wiesbaden, by whom acquired from the artist in the 1920s, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 December 1968, lot 80 (recto).
Maurice and Vivienne Wohl, London, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 4 February 2008, lot 6.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
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Exhibited: London, Roland, Browse and Delbanco, Portraiture, the dying art, June 1958.
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Literature: The artist's handlist.
C. Weiler, Jawlensky: Heads, Faces, Meditations, London, 1970, no. 80, p. 122.
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. III, 1934-1937, London, 1993, no. 396, recto (illustrated p. 319).
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Notes: Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Hélène
signed and dated 'A.Jawlensky 1911' (upper left)
oil on board
28 1/8 x 19 5/8 in. (71.5 x 50 cm.)
Painted in 1911