Alexej von Jawlensky

Alexej von Jawlensky 1864 - 1941 Stillleben mit roten und grünen Äpfeln. Ca. 1931. Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower left. 33.7 x 48.5 cm (13.2 x 19 in). With an overpainted portrait of Helene Nesnakomoff on the reverse, ca. 1911/12. [AW]. • Through this extreme close-up, Jawlensky takes the classic subject of the fruit still life to a new level. • These rare, large-format still lifes are considered highlights of this creative phase. • “Apples” are one of the artist’s most popular subjects in this genre. • In the family’s possession for nearly 80 years and now offered on the international auction market for the first time. PROVENANCE: Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main. Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1948). In the family’s possession ever since. EXHIBITION: Memorial Exhibition, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt am Main, 1947, cat. no. 17 (dated 1911). 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. 1378 (with black-and-white illustration on p. 465). “My friends the apples, which I love for their charming red, yellow, purple, and green hues, are no longer simply apples to me against this or that background, in this or that setting. Their tones and their radiant colors, set against a backdrop of other, more subdued tones, blend together to form a harmony interwoven with dissonance. And to my eye, they resonate like music that reflects this or that mood of my soul. [.] Apples, trees, and human faces are only clues for me to see something else in them: the life of color, captured by a passionate soul, a lover.” Jawlensky, quoted from: Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky. Heads, Faces, Meditations, Hanau 1970, p. 12 Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 15.54 h +/- 20 min.

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