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Werefkin, Marianne von
1870 Tula/Sovjet Union - 1938 Ascona

Gespräch im Café. Circa 1909. Tempera on paper. 23 x 31cm. Framed. Verso with a handwritten confirmation by Alexander von Werefkin: "Aus
dem Nachlass von Marianne von Werefkin bestätigt von Alexander v. Werefkin-? 10-8-1950
Düsseldorf" (translated: "From the estate of Marianne von Werefkin confirmed by Alexander v. Werefkin-? 10-8-1950."

Provenance:
Galleria Castelnuovo Ascona
Private collection, Rhineland

Exhibitions:
Marianne von Werefkin, Galleria Castelnuovo, Ascona 17.09. - 11.11.1967 (label on verso)
Marianne von Werefkin, Galleria Castelnuovo, Ascona 14.09. - 15.11.1972
Leonard Hutton Galleries, Der Blaue Reiter und sein Kreis, New York March 28 - May 1977
(label on verso)

Literature:
Exh.cat. Marianne von Werefkin, Ölbilder, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Galleria Castelnuovo,
Ascona 1967, fig. on the cover inside.
Exh.cat. Marianne von Werefkin, Ölbilder, Gouachen, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Skizzen,
Galleria Castelnuovo, Ascona 1972, fig. no. 7
Exh.cat. Leonard Hutton Galleries, Der Blaue Reiter und sein Kreis, New York 1977, no.
74.
The Galleria Castelnuovo dates the work to the time around 1908 until 1910 and identifies the depicted figures as "Frau Marc, Frau Jawlensky, Alexej Jawlensky". Dr. Bernd Fäthke knows the original sheet and dates its time of origin to the year of 1909. The presented male figure is without any doubt Alexej Jawlensky. The two women cannot be clearly identified. Mrs. Marc and Marianne von Werefkin got to know each other only after 1910. According to Dr. Fäthke, the figure in the middle could be Gabriele Münter. We would like to thank Dr. Fäthke for his kind assistance.