Stillleben: Blumen in blauer Vase. 1936.
Oil on canvas-structured paper, laid on cardboard.
Jawlensky/Pieroni-Jawlensky 2046. Lower left monogrammed and lower right dated. Verso of the cardboard signed, dated "1936 IX“ and inscribed "N 4" as well as inscribed by a hand other than that of the artist. 17.2 x 12.7 cm (6.7 x 5 in).
[AM].
• Expressive, light-flooded still life in nuanced colors.
• Striking depiction in an exciting duct.
• Made the same time as the series of the Meditations.

PROVENANCE: Clara Gans, Kronberg / Dornach (acquired directly from the artist in 1936).
Private collection (inherited from the above, until 1959).
Galerie Thomas, Munich (1978).
Private collection Rhineland-Palatinate (until 1981: Wolfgang Ketterer).
Galerie Wilhelm Großhennig.
Euroipean private collection (until 1999: Christie's London).
Private collection Italy/France (acquired from the above in 1999).

EXHIBITION: Galerie Thomas, München, Alexej Jawlensky, Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Miniaturen, Bilder, February - March 1978 (cat. no. 84, illu. on p. 3).

LITERATURE: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer Munich, auction 47, June 1, 1981, lot 676 with color illu.
Christie´s London, Live Auction 6168: German Pictures, October 7, 1999, lot 139.