Prix actuel 13.11.2024

Alexej von Jawlensky

Lot 251
Große Meditation: Stunden vor Christi Geburt, 1936
Oil

25.5 x 19.9 cm

Lot 251
Große Meditation: Stunden vor Christi Geburt, 1936
Oil
25,5 x 19,9 cm

Estimation:
€ 40.000 - 60.000
Enchère: 15 Jours

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

Lieu: Munich
Enchère: 07.12.2024
Numéro d’enchère: 563
Nom d’enchère: Modern Art Day Sale

Détails du Lot
Oil on canvas-textured paper, originally mounted on artist's board. Monogrammed lower left and dated lower right. Inscribed with the artist's name, presumably by Lisa Kümmel, as well as “XII. 1936” and “N. 7.” on the reverse. Also inscribed “Meditation XLVI” by Andreas Jawlensky, the artist's son, on the reverse, as well as typographically titled on a label. 25.5 x 19.9 cm. Backing board: 42 x 32 cm.
[AW].

• The subtlest color gradations, from delicate purple to red and vibrant turquoise.
• In this series, Jawlensky reached the pinnacle of painterly abstraction.
• The uncompromising commitment to these compositions resembles a cultic act.
• From the artist's estate.
• A “Great Meditation” from the same year is in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
LITERATURE: Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 3: 1933-1937, Munich 1993, cat. no. 2107 (illustrated in color). - - Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlenksy. Köpfe - Gesichter - Meditationen, Hanau 1970, cat. no. 1037.
Winterausstellung, Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf, 1991/92, cat. no. 28 (illustrated in color)
Artist's estate. Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1991)
Lot Details
Oil on canvas-textured paper, originally mounted on artist's board. Monogrammed lower left and dated lower right. Inscribed with the artist's name, presumably by Lisa Kümmel, as well as “XII. 1936” and “N. 7.” on the reverse. Also inscribed “Meditation XLVI” by Andreas Jawlensky, the artist's son, on the reverse, as well as typographically titled on a label. 25.5 x 19.9 cm. Backing board: 42 x 32 cm.
[AW].

• The subtlest color gradations, from delicate purple to red and vibrant turquoise.
• In this series, Jawlensky reached the pinnacle of painterly abstraction.
• The uncompromising commitment to these compositions resembles a cultic act.
• From the artist's estate.
• A “Great Meditation” from the same year is in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
LITERATURE: Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 3: 1933-1937, Munich 1993, cat. no. 2107 (illustrated in color). - - Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlenksy. Köpfe - Gesichter - Meditationen, Hanau 1970, cat. no. 1037.
Winterausstellung, Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf, 1991/92, cat. no. 28 (illustrated in color)
Artist's estate. Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1991)

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