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Meditation
Details
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)
Meditation
signed with initials 'A.J.' (lower left) and dated '35' (lower right)
oil on linen-finish paper laid down on card
7 3⁄8 x 5 ¼ in. (18.7 x 13.2 cm.)
Painted in December 1935
Meditation
signed with initials 'A.J.' (lower left) and dated '35' (lower right)
oil on linen-finish paper laid down on card
7 3⁄8 x 5 ¼ in. (18.7 x 13.2 cm.)
Painted in December 1935
Provenance
Private collection, Wiesbaden (acquired from the artist, circa 1938).
Private collection, Germany (then by descent); sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 29 May 2015, lot 205.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Private collection, Germany (then by descent); sale, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 29 May 2015, lot 205.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1934-1937, London, 1993, vol. I, p. 172, no. 1768 (illustrated in color, p. 192).
"Alexej von Jawlensky: Reisen, Freunde, Wandlungen" in Vernissage, September 1998, p. 4 (illustrated).
"Alexej von Jawlensky: Reisen, Freunde, Wandlungen" in Vernissage, September 1998, p. 4 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Wiesbaden, Galerie Ludwig Hillesheimer, Alexej von Jawlensky, May-June 1948, no. 28 (titled Kopf Nr. 21).
Dortmund, Museum Ostwall (on extended loan, 1992-2004).
Rovereto, Archivio del '900, Espressionismo Tedesco, La collezione del Museum am Ostwall di Dortmund, April-June 1994, p. 194 (illustrated in color).
Dortmund, Museum Ostwall, Alexej von Jawlensky: Reisen, Freunde, Wandlungen, 2000, p. 308 (illustrated).
Saint-Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, 2000.
Kunsthalle Krems, Vom Expressionismus zur Gegenwart, Meisterweke der Moderne, May-September 2001, p. 220, no. 109 (illustrated in color).
Kunsthalle Krems, Alexej von Jawlensky, Magische Bilder, April-September 2003, p. 150.
Greifswald, Pommersches Landesmuseum (on extended loan, 2004-2015).
Dortmund, Museum Ostwall (on extended loan, 1992-2004).
Rovereto, Archivio del '900, Espressionismo Tedesco, La collezione del Museum am Ostwall di Dortmund, April-June 1994, p. 194 (illustrated in color).
Dortmund, Museum Ostwall, Alexej von Jawlensky: Reisen, Freunde, Wandlungen, 2000, p. 308 (illustrated).
Saint-Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, 2000.
Kunsthalle Krems, Vom Expressionismus zur Gegenwart, Meisterweke der Moderne, May-September 2001, p. 220, no. 109 (illustrated in color).
Kunsthalle Krems, Alexej von Jawlensky, Magische Bilder, April-September 2003, p. 150.
Greifswald, Pommersches Landesmuseum (on extended loan, 2004-2015).
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