Sicilian Girl in Blue Shawl
Artist
Alexej von Jawlensky
(Russian, 1864 - 1941)
CultureRussian
Date1913
MediumOil on board
Dimensions25 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (65.4 x 47.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 34 1/2 x 27 x 2 1/2 in. (87.6 x 68.6 x 6.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 34 1/2 x 27 x 2 1/2 in. (87.6 x 68.6 x 6.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.663
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 220
Label TextAlexej von Jawlensky Russian, 1864–1941 Sicilian Girl in Blue Shawl, 1913 Oil on board My language, after all, is color…apples, trees, human faces are only hints to me to behold something more in them: the life of color grasped by a passionate man… —Alexej von Jawlensky Alexej von Jawlensky’s Sicilian Girl stares at us with wide, hypnotic eyes filled with an emotional intensity that seems otherworldly. In Fauve works like this one, Jawlensky united the religious power of traditional Russian icons with the bold colors he saw in the works of Henri Matisse and the German avant-garde painters with whom he studied in Munich immediately before World War I. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.663 ProvenanceDr. Werner Rusche, Köln-Braunsfeld, Germany, 1956; Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1957-1960; Donated by Sidney Janis to the Anniversary Fund Auction -The Museum of Modern Art, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, April 27, 1960; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1971. Exhibition History"A. V. Jawlensky: 9 Erlesene Bilder der Jahre 1905-1913," Exhibition, Dr. Werner Rusche, Köln-Braunsfeld, Germany, 1956. (Exhib. cat. no. 9). "Jawlensky," Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1957. (Exhib. cat. no. 12). "The Controversial Century, 1850-1950," Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 16 - Sept. 3, 1961; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Sept. 28 - Nov. 4, 1962. (Exhib. cat. not paged). Published ReferencesClemens Weiler. ALEXEJ JAWLENSKY. Cologne. 1959. Illustrated p. 239, no. 161. Foreword by Charles F. Comfort, LL.D., and an introduction by William S.A. Dale, Ph.D. _The Controversial Century: 1850-1950_. Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Massachusetts. 1962: n.p. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum. 1991. p. 171, #129.
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