Head of a Woman

Alexej von Jawlensky

1911 · Oil on board · Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh

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About this work

Artist: Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941)
Year: 1911
Medium: Oil on board
Original size: 52.2 × 50.2 cm
Collection: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Movement: Expressionism

A woman's head and shoulders fill the board, her face painted in yellow and green with violet and red in the shadows and outlined in heavy dark blue, under a mass of hair or a hat in red, orange and black; the ground behind her is a deep, broken blue. The eyes are large and dark, the expression grave. Jawlensky painted it in 1911 in Munich, at the high point of his Expressionist portraits, when he and his circle, including Kandinsky and Marianne von Werefkin, were using pure, unmixed colour and strong outline to convey feeling rather than likeness. Such heads, mask-like and blazing with colour, are the root of the series of ever more abstract heads he painted from 1917 into the 1930s. It is in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A grave face in yellow and green under red-orange hair against deep blue, for a living room, study or bedroom at 24×36 in black. A deep blue, mustard or warm white wall; it pairs with Lady with Fan.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1911)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: intimate
Rooms: living room, bedroom, study or library, dining room, dorm room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Head of a Woman in the public domain?

Yes. Alexej von Jawlensky (1864–1941) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Head of a Woman painted, and in what medium?

Head of a Woman dates from 1911 and was made in oil on board; the original measures 52.2 × 50.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Head of a Woman we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Alexej von Jawlensky's Head of a Woman — a woman's head in vivid yellow, violet and green against deep blue — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Jawlensky: Colour and the Human Face, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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