1922
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1922 watercolor by Alexej von Jawlensky, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This drawing looks like a face but isn’t quite real. The eyes are two soft ovals with a bit of yellow and gray. A thin line runs down the middle for a nose. The mouth is just a short curve, and wavy lines stand in for hair. The colors are pale—yellows, blues, and a touch of red. The artist used a mix of pencil and watercolor. The lines are light, like they were drawn fast. It doesn’t show a person or a place—just shapes and colors. If you like this style, look up Alexei Jawlensky for more work like this.
Alexej Georgewitsch von Jawlensky (Russian: Алексе́й Гео́ргиевич Явле́нский, romanized: Alekséy Geórgiyevich Yavlénskiy; 13 March 1864 – 15 March 1941), surname also spelt as Yavlensky, was a Russian expressionist painter active in Germany.
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