The compositional oval sweeps of the landscape "Variations," and their flat, broad color areas are still evident in Jawlensky's series of female heads. This work, probably a portrait of Scheyer, is inscribed on the reverse: "To love means to live the life of him whom one loves. A. J." The pose of the head, however, and the prominent eyes, brow, and line of the nose, as well as the richness of the surface, are all reminiscent of the religious imagery of the artist's Russian youth.
Details
- Artist Name: Alexei Jawlensky (Russian, 1864-1941)
- Title: Mystical Head: Head of an Angel
- Date: 1917-1918
- Medium: Oil and pencil on textured cardboard
- Dimensions: 13-7/8 x 12 in. (35.2 x 30.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection
- Accession Number: P.1953.569
- Copyright: © Norton Simon Museum
Object Information
Galka Scheyer, by 1920;
Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, 1953-1954;
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena,1954-1975;
Norton Simon Museum, 1975.
Gesamt-Ausstellung Alexei von Jawlensky
- Fritz Gurlitt (Gallery), 1920-06 to 1920-07
- Munich, Galerie Hans Goltz, 1920-08-16 to 1920-09-11
- Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1920-09-30 to 1920-10-28
- Frankfurt-am-Main, Galerie Schames, 1920-11 to 1920-12
- Wiesbaden, Nassauischer Kunstverein und Wiesbadener Gesellschaft fur Bildende Kunste, 1921-01-09 to 1921-02
- Barmen, Kunstverein/Ruhmeshalle, 1921-03 to 1921-04
- Dusseldorf, Graphisches Kabinett J. B. Neumann, 1921-05 to 1921-06
- Mannheim, Kunsthalle, 1921-11-06 to 1921-12-04
- Essen, Kunstmuseum, 1922-02 to 1922-03
A. Jawlensky: Gemalde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen
- Hagen, Museum Folkwang, 1922-03 to 1922-04
- Jena, Kunstverein, 1922-05-07 to 1922-06-07
Jawlensky exhibition
- Galerie Twardy, 1923-03-05 to
Jawlensky exhibition
- Seattle, Cornish School, 1939-03 to 1939-03
The Blue Four: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee
- Oakland Art Gallery, 1931-08 to 1931-09-14
Selections from Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee. The Blue Four Galka E. Scheyer Collection
- Seattle Art Museum, 1956-10-10 to 1956-11-04
- Portland, Portland Art Museum, 1956-11-08 to 1956-11-30
- , 1957-01-01 to 1957-01-31
- Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, 1957-03-02 to 1957-04-01
- Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, 1957-11-15 to 1957-12-15
- San Francisco Museum of Art, 1958-01-14 to 1958-02-23
- Vancouver Art Gallery, 1956-07 to 1956-08-31
Jawlensky: Meine liebe Galka!
- Wiesbaden, Museum Wiesbaden, 2004-10-23 to 2005-03-13
The Blue Four-Galka Scheyer Collection From The Norton Simon Museum
- Henry Art Gallery, 1997-07-17 to 1997-10-05
Visions and Icons: the Art of Alexei Jawlensky
- Norton Simon Museum, 1990-01-18 to 1991-04-14
The Spirit of Modernism: Galka Scheyer in the New World
- Norton Simon Museum, 1994-11-17 to 1996-01-14
Bauhaus Painters; Spirit of Modernism: Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, El Lissitzky, Oskar Schlemmer, Alexander Archipenko, Alexei Jawlensky and Others
- Seoul, Ho-Am Art Museum, 1996-02-08 to 1996-04-28
Permanent and Loan Collection, 1973
- Pasadena Museum of Modern Art, 1973-01-30 to 1973-12-31
Alexei Jawlensky (1864-1941)
- Norton Simon Museum, 2007-05-04 to 2007-11-05
My Four Kings: Galka Scheyer and the Blue Four
- Norton Simon Museum, 2002-12-13 to 2003-04-14
- Scheyer, E. E., Das Kunsblatt, 1919, p. 168
- The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 1976, no. 136 pp. 52, 68
- Jawlensky, 1990, p. 18
- Jawlensky, Maria, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, and Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1914-1933, 1992, no. 975
- Weiler, Clemens, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1995, no. 206
- Barnett, Vivian Endicott, The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum, 2002, no. 152 pp. 138-139
- Museum Wiesbaden, Jawlensky: Meine liebe Galka!, 2004, pp. 142-143, 170, 272
- edited by Vivian Endicott Barnett, Alexei Jawlensky, 2017, Fig. 1 p. 81 (ill.)
Additional Artwork by Artist
Image reproduction permission may be granted for scholarly or arts related commercial use. All image requests, regardless of their intended purpose, should be submitted via the reproduction request form.
Images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. Additional permission may be required.
Approved requests for the reproduction of an image will receive a contract detailing all fees and conditions of use of the image. Upon receipt of both the signed contract and full payment, the Office of Rights and Reproductions will provide the image. A complimentary copy of the published material must be provided to the Norton Simon Museum.