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Variation: Erleuchtung (Triptychon)
Details
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)
Variation: Erleuchtung (Triptychon)
signed with initials 'A.J.' (lower left)
oil on linen-finish paper laid down on board
Image size: 14 ¼ x 10 5/8 in. (36.3 x 27 cm.)
Executed in Ascona in 1919
Variation: Erleuchtung (Triptychon)
signed with initials 'A.J.' (lower left)
oil on linen-finish paper laid down on board
Image size: 14 ¼ x 10 5/8 in. (36.3 x 27 cm.)
Executed in Ascona in 1919
Provenance
Galka Scheyer, Hollywood (acquired from the artist, 1933).
Compulsory sale, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Alien Property, Los Angeles, 29 September 1954, lot 8, no. 60.
Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles.
New Gallery, New York; sale, Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 24 May 1955, lot 1251.
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt (acquired at the above sale).
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 1956).
Dr. Max Stern, New York (acquired from the above, May 1960).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Compulsory sale, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Alien Property, Los Angeles, 29 September 1954, lot 8, no. 60.
Paul Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles.
New Gallery, New York; sale, Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 24 May 1955, lot 1251.
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt (acquired at the above sale).
Sidney Janis Gallery, New York (acquired from the above, 1956).
Dr. Max Stern, New York (acquired from the above, May 1960).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky, Cologne, 1959, p. 275, no. 674 (illustrated; dated 1918).
C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky: Köpfe, Gesichte, Meditationen, Hanau, 1970, p. 155, no. 1275.
T. Bauer-Friedrich and I. Mössinger, Jawlensky: Neu gesehen, exh. cat., Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz, 2013, Chemnitz, p. 234, no. 58 (illustrated in color, p. 235).
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1914-1933, London, 1992, vol. II, p. 310, no. 1096, (illustrated in color, p. 283).
C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky: Köpfe, Gesichte, Meditationen, Hanau, 1970, p. 155, no. 1275.
T. Bauer-Friedrich and I. Mössinger, Jawlensky: Neu gesehen, exh. cat., Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz, 2013, Chemnitz, p. 234, no. 58 (illustrated in color, p. 235).
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, 1914-1933, London, 1992, vol. II, p. 310, no. 1096, (illustrated in color, p. 283).
Exhibited
Frankfurt, Kunstsalon Ludwig Schames and Museum Wisbaden, December 1920-January 1921, no. 39 (titled Erleuchteung).
Berlin, Galerie Gurlitt, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1920-1921, p.10, no. 82.
Dresden, Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1922.
Chemnitz, Kunsthütte, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1923.
Stuttgart, Kunsthaus Schaller, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1923.
Berlin, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Blaue Vier: Lyonel Feininger, A. Jawlensky, W. Kandinsky, Paul Klee, October 1929, no. 72.
Los Angeles Museum, The Blue Four: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee, October 1933, no. 62.
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik, Plastik des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1956, p. 11, no. 68 (illustrated, p. 13).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of 51 Paintings by Alexei von Jawlensky, March 1957, no. 30.
Berlin, Galerie Gurlitt, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1920-1921, p.10, no. 82.
Dresden, Kunstsalon Emil Richter, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1922.
Chemnitz, Kunsthütte, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1923.
Stuttgart, Kunsthaus Schaller, Alexey von Jawlensky, 1923.
Berlin, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Blaue Vier: Lyonel Feininger, A. Jawlensky, W. Kandinsky, Paul Klee, October 1929, no. 72.
Los Angeles Museum, The Blue Four: Feininger, Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Paul Klee, October 1933, no. 62.
Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Gemälde, Aquarelle, Handzeichnungen, Graphik, Plastik des 20. Jahrhunderts, 1956, p. 11, no. 68 (illustrated, p. 13).
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Exhibition of 51 Paintings by Alexei von Jawlensky, March 1957, no. 30.
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