Teller mit Äpfeln (Äpfelstillleben). 1932.
Oil on cardboard , laid on board and mounted on canvas.
Jawlensky/Pieroni-Jawlensky 2257. Jawlensky Bianconi addenda volume 3 CR (2257 r). Signed and dated in lower left. 26 x 40 cm (10.2 x 15.7 in) . [CH].
- Harmonious composition in glowing dark colors.
- With the fruit still lives from the days of the Meditations Jawlensky underwent a significant artistic process.
- Important step in the development to the still lives of the late 1930s that were made in the style of the Meditations
- Another fruit still life from the time (around 1931) is in the Museum Wiesbaden (CR 1383).
We are grateful to Mrs. Angelica Jawlensky-Bianconi, Alexej von Jawlensky-Archive S.A., Locarno, for her kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Collection Dr. Bernward Talleur, Hofheim im Taunus (as of 1938/39, acquired directly from the artist through the agency of Hanna Bekker vom Rath).
Private collection, Hofheim im Taunus (inherited in 1965).
Private collection Southern Germany.
LITERATURE: Angelica Jawlensky Bianconi, Zur Spaltung der Kartonbildträger Alexej von Jawlenskys, in: Alexej von Jawlensky-Archiv AG, Locarno (editor), Forschungsbeiträge zu Leben und Werk Alexej von Jawlenskys (Reihe Bild und Wissenschaft vol. 3), Locarno 2009, p. 147.
Nathalie Bäschlin, Alexej Jawlenskys Grüner Reiter - ein Kommentar aus restaurierungsethischer Sicht, in: Alexej von Jawlensky-Archiv AG, Locarno (editor), Forschungsbeiträge zu Leben und Werk Alexej von Jawlenskys (Reihe Bild und Wissenschaft vol. 3), Locarno 2009, p. 163.