Lot Essay
In an undated letter to Jawlensky, Galka Scheyer wrote "I have just newly framed the head that you gave me at Easter 1919 and on the back of which you inscribed: 'In love is eternally what is spiritual.' The head is glorious. It has never had a name. I call it 'Flowering', because it 'blooms' in its colours." (see M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, op. cit., p. 304).
Jawlensky nicknamed his agent and confidante 'Galka' which means 'jackdaw' in Russian, perhaps on account of her jetblack hair (see Fig. 1). Galka came from a wealthy Brunswick family, and first saw works by Jawlensky at an exhibition in Lausanne in 1915. They made such an impression on her that she determined to meet the artist, which she did at Saint-Prex in 1916. Thereafter, she became Jawlensky's secretary, agent and dealer, and was responsible for arranging exhibitions of his work first in Germany and later in America.
Jawlensky nicknamed his agent and confidante 'Galka' which means 'jackdaw' in Russian, perhaps on account of her jetblack hair (see Fig. 1). Galka came from a wealthy Brunswick family, and first saw works by Jawlensky at an exhibition in Lausanne in 1915. They made such an impression on her that she determined to meet the artist, which she did at Saint-Prex in 1916. Thereafter, she became Jawlensky's secretary, agent and dealer, and was responsible for arranging exhibitions of his work first in Germany and later in America.