Grosses Stilleben (Fliederstrauss in Vase)

Details

Alexej Von Jawlensky (1864-1941)
Grosses Stilleben (Fliederstrauss in Vase)
signed 'A.Jawlensky.' (lower left) and dated '36' (lower right); with an older inscription by the artist 'A.Jawlensky 1913 'Frauenkopf'' (on the reverse)
oil on cardboard
20 7/8 x 19 ¼ in. (53 x 49 cm.)
Painted in 1936

Provenance

The artist's studio.
Hanna Jacobs, Wiesbaden, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 15 September 1939.
Private collection, Germany; sale, Ketterer, Stuttgart, 1960, lot 234.
Private collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. III, 1934-1937, London, 1993, no. 2016, p. 289 (illustrated p. 301).

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Please note the provenance for this lot should read:
The artist's studio.
Hanna Jacobs, Wiesbaden, by whom acquired directly from the artist on 15 September 1939.
Private collection, Germany; sale, Ketterer, Stuttgart, 1960, lot 234.
Private collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent to the present owner.
and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

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Lot Essay

“I was painting mostly still-lifes, because in them I could more easily find myself. I tried in these still-life paintings to go beyond the material objects and express in colour and form the thing which was vibrating within me, and I achieved some good results” (M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1890-1914, London, 1991, p. 30).

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