Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)

Meditation

細節

Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Meditation
signed, dated and numbered 'A. Jawlensky 1936 V.N.14.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid down on the Artist's mount
7 x 5in. (17.9 x 12.8cm.) (subject) 12 x 9.7/8in. (32.6 x 25cm.) (Artist's mount)
Painted in May 1936

來源

Galka Scheyer, Hollywood (1936); her sale, Los Angeles, 1954, lot 9, no. 93.
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

出版

The Artist's handlist, "28 September 1936", paintings to be sent to Galka Scheyer, Los Angeles, no. 1.
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonn of the Oil Paintings, Vol. 3, 1934-1937, London, 1993, no. 1932 (illustrated in colour p. 271).

展覽

New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Hommage to Jawlensky. A retrospective show 1909 to 1938, Nov. 1939 (no catalogue).

拍品專文

In 1936, shortly after the present work was painted, it was sent by Jawlensky to his agent and confidante Galka Scheyer in Hollywood.

For a brief description of Galka Sheyer's role in Jawlensky's life and career, see the note to lot 111.