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Alexei Jawlensky
Head I1922

Not on view
Minimalist pencil drawing on white paper, a few sparse lines suggesting a human head with a pointed hat, reduced nose, and mouth

Alexei Jawlensky, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Neues Museum Wiesbaden, Head I, 1922, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Alexei Jawlensky
Russia, also active Switzerland and Germany 1864-1941
Publisher
Nassauischer Kunstverein, Neues Museum Wiesbaden
Title
Head I
Place Made
Germany, Wiesbaden
Date Made
1922
Medium
Lithograph on Japan paper
Dimensions
Image: 12 5/16 x 7 1/4 in. (31.27 x 18.42 cm) irregular; Sheet: 18 3/4 x 12 3/4 in. (47.63 x 32.39 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Accession Number
M.82.288.103a
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Reed, Orrel P., German expressionist art: the Robert Gore Rifkind Collection: prints, drawings, illustrated books, periodicals, posters. Exhibition Catalogue. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977.
  • Barron, Stephanie et al. Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

Copyright
© Alexej von Jawlensky / Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York

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