Sale: 428 / Modern Art, Dec. 03./05. 2015 in Munich Lot 215

 

215
Alexej von Jawlensky
Kleinstmeditation, 1935.
Oil on paper
Estimate:
€ 28,000 / $ 30,240
Sold:
€ 62,500 / $ 67,500

(incl. surcharge)
Kleinstmeditation. 1935.
Oil on paper, laid on baord.
Jawlensky/Pieroni-Jawlensky 1781. Verso of backing board signed and dated. 13.7 x 9.2 cm (5.3 x 3.6 in). Backing board: 16,2 x 11,4 cm (6,3 x 4,5 in).

Small 'Meditation' in expressive colors.

PROVENANCE: Presumably Galka Scheyer, Los Angeles.
Hannah Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett, Frankfurt a.M. (around 1950).
Private collection Germany.
Sotheby's Munich, auction on 13 December, 1989, cat. no. 49 (with color illu.).
Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, auction 42, 26 May, 1995, cat. no. 64 (with color illu.).
Private collection Southern Germany (since 1995).

EXHIBITION: Alexej Jawlenky. Mostra antologica, Pinacoteca commuale, Locarno, 2 September - 12 November, 1989 (verso of backing board with label).




215
Alexej von Jawlensky
Kleinstmeditation, 1935.
Oil on paper
Estimate:
€ 28,000 / $ 30,240
Sold:
€ 62,500 / $ 67,500

(incl. surcharge)