Head with Open Eyes and Vase of Flowers
1928
Alexei Jawlensky (Russian, 1864-1941)
Not on View

Details

  • Artist Name: Alexei Jawlensky (Russian, 1864-1941)
  • Title: Head with Open Eyes and Vase of Flowers
  • Date: 1928
  • Medium: Watercolor and ink on grey wove paper
  • Dimensions: 8-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. (21.0 x 16.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection
  • Accession Number: P.1953.584
  • Copyright: © Norton Simon Museum

Object Information

The artist to;
Galka Scheyer, received 1928;
Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, 1953-1954;
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena,1954-1975;
Norton Simon Museum, 1975.

The Blue Four

Jawlensky: Meine liebe Galka!

  • Wiesbaden, Museum Wiesbaden, 2004-10-23 to 2005-03-13

Die Blaue Vier: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee in der Neuen Welt

  • Kunstmuseum Bern, 1997-12-05 to 1998-03-01
  • Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, 1998-03-28 to 1998-06-28

Visions and Icons: the Art of Alexei Jawlensky

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1990-01-18 to 1991-04-14

The Blue Four-Galka Scheyer Collection From The Norton Simon Museum

  • Henry Art Gallery, 1997-07-17 to 1997-10-05

The Spirit of Modernism: Galka Scheyer in the New World

  • Norton Simon Museum, 1994-11-17 to 1996-01-14

My Four Kings: Galka Scheyer and the Blue Four

  • Norton Simon Museum, 2002-12-13 to 2003-04-14
  • The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 1976, no. 169 p. 58
  • The Blue Four. Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, and Klee in the New World, 1997, no. 157 pp. 306, 355
  • Jawlensky, Maria, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, and Angelica Jawlensky Bianconi, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Watercolours and Drawings, 1998, no. 607
  • Barnett, Vivian Endicott, The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum, 2002, no. 257 p. 214
  • Museum Wiesbaden, Jawlensky: Meine liebe Galka!, 2004, pp. 160, 168

Additional Artwork by Artist

Abstract Head: Small Head on Wood Alexei Jawlensky 1921
Head Alexei Jawlensky 1912
Head Inclined to the Right, with Closed Eyes Alexei Jawlensky c. 1922

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