Alexej von Jawlensky

Alexej von Jawlensky 1864 - 1941 Grosse Variation: Träumerei. 1916. Oil on linen-textured paper, mounted on cardboard. Monogrammed in the lower left. Dated in the lower right. Dated, titled, and inscribed “Grosse Variationen No. 12 1916 St. Prex Träumerei” by Andreas Jawlensky on the reverse. 49 x 35 cm (19.2 x 13.7 in). [AW]. • A subtle composition in cool tones, characterized by a light expressiveness. • A vibrant window scene: in memory of Saint-Prex, Jawlensky’s Swiss exile on Lake Geneva. • Exhibited in the artist’s first major Spanish retrospective at the Fundación Juan March, Madrid (1992). • From Jawlensky’s important early series, the “Variations on a Landscape Theme”, which is much sought-after on the international market. PROVENANCE: From the artist’s estate. Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne. Thomas G. Newmann, Rye, New York. Herbert Tannenbaum Gallery, New York. Private collection, New York. Galerie Thomas, Munich. Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired in 1995, Grisebach). In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: Galerie Aenne Abels, Cologne, May 3–30, 1958, cat. no. 17. Alexej von Jawlensky. Eine Ausstellung zum 50. Todesjahr, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Nov. 29, 1990–Feb. 23, 1991. Alexej von Jawlensky und sein Kreis. Freunde, Kollegen, Stationen, Galerie Neher, Essen, April 27–June 29, 1991, p. 36 (with color illustration on p. 37). Alexej von Jawlensky, Fundación Juan March, Madrid, March 27–June 14, 1992; Museo Picasso, Barcelona, June 25–September 27, 1992, cat. no. 68 (with color illustration on p. 86). LITERATURE: Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 2: 1914–1933, Munich 1992, CR no. 837 (with color illustration on p. 140). - - Kunsthaus Math. Lempertz, Cologne, 458th Auction, June 19, 1959, lot 123 (with illustration, plate 26). Grisebach, Berlin, 13th Auction, June 1, 1990, lot 38 (with color illustration). Grisebach, Berlin, 43rd Auction, May 26, 1995, lot 33 (with color illustration). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.49 h +/- 20 min.

Estimate:£75,089.88

View all items fromKetterer Kunst GmbH & Co KGorArts & Graphics