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ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941) Mittlere Meditation 8 7/16 x 6 9/16 in (21.5 x 16.7 cm) (Painted in May 1936) image 1
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941) Mittlere Meditation 8 7/16 x 6 9/16 in (21.5 x 16.7 cm) (Painted in May 1936) image 2
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ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY
(1864-1941)
Mittlere Meditation

15 May 2025, 12:00 EDT
New York

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ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY (1864-1941)

Mittlere Meditation
signed with the artist's initials 'A.J.' (lower left) and dated '36' (lower right); signed and dated again and inscribed 'V. N.2.' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas laid down on board
8 7/16 x 6 9/16 in (21.5 x 16.7 cm)
Painted in May 1936

Footnotes

Provenance
Galka E. Scheyer Collection, Los Angeles, by 1936.
Sale: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Alien Property, Los Angeles, September 29, 1954, lot 9, no. 96.
Landau Gallery, Los Angeles.
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills.
Taft & Rita Schreiber Collection, Beverly Hills, by 1964; their sale, Christie's, New York, May 16, 1990, lot 415.
Acquired at the above sale through Montgomery Galleries, San Francisco by the present owner.

Exhibited
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Homage to Jawlensky. A Retrospective Show 1909 to 1938, November 10, 1939.
Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum, Alexei Jawlensky: A Centennial Exhibition, April 14 – May 19, 1964, no. 183 (later traveled to Waltham, Winnipeg, Berkley, Albuquerque & New Orleans).

Literature
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky & A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. III, 1934-1937, London, 1993, no. 1939 (illustrated p. 273).

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