Grosses Stillleben: Grüner Krug mit Pfingstrosen (Dunkles Rosenbouquet). 1937.
Oil on canvas laid on board and mounted on a wooden panel.
Weiler 786; Jawlensky/Pieroni-Jawlensky 2201. Lower left signed and dated. 48.5 x 38 cm (19 x 14.9 in). Panel 52 x 42 cm (20,5 x 16,5 in).
InscribedR "A. Jawlensky Spt. Stilb. Nr.8/1937 'DKl. Rosenbouquet', 49,6 x 38,6 Leinwand auf Karton u.l.s. u. d." on rear of the panel by the artist's son.[KD].
Large-size work by Alexej v. Jawlensky, the reduced coloring emphasizes the quest for inner contemplation.
PROVENANCE: From the artist's estate.
Andreas Jawlensky.
Galerie Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf (1971).
Hauswedell und Nolte, 3/5 June 1971, lot 934.
W.Ketterer, 28 May 1973, lot 974.
Galerie Norbert Blaeser, Düsseldorf.
Private collection Rhineland .
EXHIBITION: Maîtres de l'art moderne. Galerie Beyeler Basel, October - November 1957, no. 80
Alexej von Jawlensky. Mostra antolociga. Pinacoteca Comunale, 2 September - 12 November 1989 (mentioned on a shipping label on verso of the panel, as well as with a label on verso of the frame) and Kunsthalle Emden. Foundation Henry Nannen, 3rd December 1989 - 4 February 1990, cat. no. 113 with color illu. on p. 205.
LITERATURE: Clemens Weiler, Köpfe, Gesichte, Meditationen, Hanau 1970 Catalog raisonné no. 1457.
Called up: December 9, 2017 - ca. 13.23 h +/- 20 min.