Lithograph with hand coloring in crayons, circa 1922. 280x235 mm; 11x9 1/4 inches, full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right.
Born in Russia, Jawlensky (1864-1941) moved to Munich in 1896 where he would become a central figure in early German Expressionist circles. Jawlensky traveled to Paris after the turn of the century where he was heavily influenced by the Fauves, particularly Hebri Matisse. He then worked alongside Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter in Murnau, Germany beginning in 1908, leading to his involvement with the artist's circle Der Blau Reiter in Munich. Jawlensky revistied his Mystical Heads series, to which the current lot relates, throughout his career with increasing abstraction.
