Lot 226
  • 226

Alexej von Jawlensky

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alexej von Jawlensky
  • GROSSE MEDITATION (LARGE MEDITATION)
  • inscribed A. Jawlensky, IV 1937 W.8 on the reverse by Lisa Kümmel, the artist's secretary

  • oil on linen-finish paper laid down on card
  • 25.2 by 17.6cm., 9 7/8 by 6 7/8 in.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Sale: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 10th June 1988, lot 617
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, A Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by Alexej Jawlensky, 1965, no. 75

Literature

Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky & Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1934-1937, London, 1993, vol. II, no. 2177, illustrated p. 366

Condition

Executed on linen-finish paper, laid down on card. There is a nailhead-sized paint loss to the upper right corner, a thin 2cm. line of paint loss to the bottom right corner and a pinhead-sized loss to the upper left corner. Apart from a thin 1cm. vertical scratch to the centre left, and some minor nicks around the centre of the right edge, this work is in good condition. Colours: The colours are more subtle in the original.
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