Red Path, St. Prex

1915

Alexej von Jawlensky

Associated Names
Alexej von Jawlensky

Painter, Russian, 1864 - 1941

This painting is an abstract composition of irregular shapes and vibrant colors. The different sections overlap and intersect in shades of green, blue, red, purple, and pink. A blue section in the top left has black dots, and two purple sections towards the bottom have white dots with yellow centers. In the upper center of the painting, there is a section of crossing black lines in a small grid. The paint has been applied unevenly in thick, scribbled lines, and some patches of the white canvas are visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on paper on cardboard

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg

  • 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 Number

    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

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