(Probably) Nina Kandinsky. Frankfurter Kunstkabinett [Hanna Bekker vom Rath], Frankfurt. Private collection, Switzerland, by whom acquired from the above by 1955, and thence by descent to the present owners.
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1914-1933, London, 1992, no. 1081, p. 306 (illustrated p. 313).
(Possibly) Frankfurt, Kunstkabinett, Alexej von Jawlensky, Ölgemälde, April - May 1954, no. 36 (dated '1918-1919' and incorrectly catalogued as signed lower right). Zurich, Kunsthaus, Jawlensky in der Schweiz, October 2000 - January 2001, p. 234 (illustrated p. 113); this exhibition later travelled to Lausanne, Fondation de l´Hermitage, January - May 2001; and Duisburg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, June - September 2001.
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