Lot Essay
A photo-certificate from the Alexej von Jawlensky Archives dated Locarno, August 29, 1995 accompanies this painting, which will be included in the forthcoming supplement to the Jawlensky catalogue raisonné.
Property of
MR. AND MRS. STANLEY MARCUS
Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Details
Alexej von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Meditation: Kleiner Kopf
signed with initials bottom left 'A.J.', dated bottom right '35'--dated again and numbered on the mount '1935 II'--signed, dated and numbered again on the reverse 'A. Jawlensky 1935 N120 j.'--oil on linen-textured paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 7 x 5 3/8in. (17.8 x 13.7cm.)
Mount size: 12 3/8 x 9 5/8in. (31.4 x 24.4cm.)
Painted in 1935
Meditation: Kleiner Kopf
signed with initials bottom left 'A.J.', dated bottom right '35'--dated again and numbered on the mount '1935 II'--signed, dated and numbered again on the reverse 'A. Jawlensky 1935 N120 j.'--oil on linen-textured paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 7 x 5 3/8in. (17.8 x 13.7cm.)
Mount size: 12 3/8 x 9 5/8in. (31.4 x 24.4cm.)
Painted in 1935
Provenance
Galka Scheyer, Los Angeles (1935)
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Exhibited
Nierendorf Gallery, New York, 1939