Meditation N. 29. 1934.
Oil on paper with a canvas structure, laminated on cardboard.
Lower left monogrammed and lower right dated. Inscribed "A. Jawlensky, 1934 N. 29" by Lisa Kümmel on the reverse. 17 x 12.5 cm (6.6 x 4.9 in). Backing cardboard: 27,3 x 22,6 cm (10,7 x 8,8 in).
[AW].
• With exceptionally clear and radiant colors.
• Jawlensky transforms the human face with great empathy into an iconic appearance of religious feeling.
• The "Meditations" are Jawlensky's last series of works that were created in great seclusion.

PROVENANCE: Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart.
Private collection Baden-Württemberg.

LITERATURE: Maria Jawlensky/Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky/Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej Jawlensky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. III (1934-1937), Munich 1993, p. 54, no. 1494 (fig.).
Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky, Cologne 1959, cat. no. 332 (fig. p. 250).
Alexej von Jawlensky, quoted from: Tayfun Belgin (ed.), Alexej von Jawlensky, Reisen, Freunde, Wandlungen, ex. cat. Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Heidelberg 1998, p. 119.