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Alexej von Jawlensky

Stillleben (Azaleen) (Still-life (Azalea))

Lot Closed

September 7, 12:47 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Alexej von Jawlensky

1864 - 1941

Stillleben (Azaleen) (Still-life (Azalea))

signed A.J. (lower left) and dated 36 (lower right); dated 1936 II and inscribed N. 7 on the reverse

oil on canvas laid down on cardboard

17 by 12.5 cm., 6¾ by 5 in.

Framed: 42 by 37 cm., 16 ½ by 14 ½ in.

Executed in February 1936.

Studio of the Artist

Philipp Harth, Berlin (June 1936 in commission from the artist)

Private Collection, Germany (acquired from the above)

Galerie Peter Griebert, Munich (sold: Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 15th June 1973, lot 817)

Private Collection, Lunenburg (purchased from the above sale)

Private Collection, Lunenburg (by descent from the above)

Thence by descent from the above to the present owner

Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky & Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, London, 1991, vol. III, no. 1823, illustrated p. 196