Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)

Meditation

Details

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

Provenance

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

Literature

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).

Exhibited

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

Lot Essay

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.

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