JAWLENSKY, ALEXEJ1867 Twer/Moscow - 1941 Wiesbaden


Title: Meditation.
Date: 1935.

. Technique: Oil on paper with linen embossing.
Mounting: Mounted on card.
Measurement: 17,5 x 13,5cm.
Notation: Monogrammed lower left: A.J. Dated lower right: 35. Additionally signed, dated and inscribed verso centre: A. Jawlensky 1935 N.70 J. Below with dedication: An abscheuliche Lisa.
Frame/Pedestal: Craftman's frame.


Provenance:
- Studio of the artist
- Lisa Kümmel, Wiesbaden
- Olaf Hudtwalcker, Frankfurt
- Private collection Barcelona
- Miguel M. de Augustin
- Hauswedell and Nolte, Hamburg, auction 9.6.2000, lot 1529
- Ludorff Gallery, Düsseldorf
- Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature:
- Jawlensky, Maria/Pieroni-Jawlensky, Lucia/Jawlensky, Angelica: Alexej von Jawlensky -
Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Vol. III, 1934-1937, Munich 1993, cat. rais. no. 1737, ill.


- Late work from his most famous series of works with beautiful, luminous colours
- His "Meditations", reduced to the essentials, testify to a mysterious magic and are touching in a special way
- Complete provenance.