Red Path, St. Prex
1915
Painter, Russian, 1864 - 1941
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on paper on cardboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 27.3 x 36.2 cm (10 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.)
framed: 55.3 x 46.4 x 4.8 cm (21 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.) -
Accession
2004.140.40
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist's estate. (Kleemann Galleries, New York). Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, New York;[1] bequest 2004 to NGA.
[1] Provenance as given by Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, and Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Volume Two 1914-1933, London, 1991. There is a label on the reverse from Kleemann Galeries with the designation "#14"; it is possible this is where the Hertzbergs purchased the pinaintg.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1956
Alexej v. Jawlensky 1864-1941, Kleemann Galleries, New York, 1956, no. 13.
1983
The Blue Four, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, 1983.
Bibliography
1959
Weiler, Clemens. Alexej Jawlensky. Cologne, 1959: no. 597, repro. 269.
1970
Weiler, Clemens. Köpfe, Geschicte, Meditationen. Hanau, 1970: no. 1173, as Roter Weg mit schwarzer Tür (English translation by Edith Küstner and J.A. Underwood, New York, 1971).
1991
Jawlensky, Maria, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, and Angelica Jawlensky. Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings 4 vols. London, 1991: 2:no. 677, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: A.Jawlensky 1915; upper right reverse, the portion of the backing board containing the first line cut off and attached to center of the backing: A. Jawlensky / 1915 / N. 3.; originally upper left reverse, now attached to center of the backing, by Lisa Kümmel: Roter Weg. 1915. St. Prex.
Wikidata ID
Q20191938