Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 125000053
125000053
Alexej von Jawlensky
Große Meditation: "Herr! lass mich erglühen", 1937.
Oil on linen-textured paper, originally mounted...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,500 - 46,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
125000053
Alexej von Jawlensky
Große Meditation: "Herr! lass mich erglühen", 1937.
Oil on linen-textured paper, originally mounted...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
$ 34,500 - 46,000
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Alexej von Jawlensky
1864 - 1941
Große Meditation: "Herr! lass mich erglühen". 1937.
Oil on linen-textured paper, originally mounted on cardboard.
Monogrammed in the lower left and dated in the lower right. Inscribed with the artist’s name, as well as “III. 1937” and “N. 21,” on the reverse, presumably by Lisa Kümmel. Also inscribed “Meditation LXII” by Andreas Jawlensky, the artist’s son, and with a typographically titled label on the reverse. 24.8 x 17.7 cm (9.7 x 6.9 in).
Firmly mounted in a frame. [AW/MH].
• A masterful visualization of Jawlensky’s exquisite glazing technique.
• With great empathy, Jawlensky transforms the human face into an icon-like manifestation of religious sentiment.
• Similar works from around 1937 can be found at, among others, the Lenbachhaus in Munich, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Kunstmuseum Basel.
• From the artist’s estate.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Private collection.
Wolfgang Wittrock Art Dealer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
LITERATURE: Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 3: 1933–1937, Munich 1993, CR no. 2161 (illustrated in color).
Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky. Köpfe - Gesichte - Meditationen, Hanau 1970, cat. no. 1079.
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Neumeister, Munich, June 4, 1994, lot 298.
"I sit and work. These are my favorite hours. I work for myself, just for myself and my God."
Alexej von Jawlensky to Emmy "Galka" Scheyer, May 12, 1936, quoted from: Alexej von Jawlensky, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden 1991, p. 294
1864 - 1941
Große Meditation: "Herr! lass mich erglühen". 1937.
Oil on linen-textured paper, originally mounted on cardboard.
Monogrammed in the lower left and dated in the lower right. Inscribed with the artist’s name, as well as “III. 1937” and “N. 21,” on the reverse, presumably by Lisa Kümmel. Also inscribed “Meditation LXII” by Andreas Jawlensky, the artist’s son, and with a typographically titled label on the reverse. 24.8 x 17.7 cm (9.7 x 6.9 in).
Firmly mounted in a frame. [AW/MH].
• A masterful visualization of Jawlensky’s exquisite glazing technique.
• With great empathy, Jawlensky transforms the human face into an icon-like manifestation of religious sentiment.
• Similar works from around 1937 can be found at, among others, the Lenbachhaus in Munich, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Kunstmuseum Basel.
• From the artist’s estate.
PROVENANCE: Estate of the artist.
Private collection.
Wolfgang Wittrock Art Dealer, Düsseldorf.
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia.
LITERATURE: Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, Angelica Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. 3: 1933–1937, Munich 1993, CR no. 2161 (illustrated in color).
Clemens Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky. Köpfe - Gesichte - Meditationen, Hanau 1970, cat. no. 1079.
--
Neumeister, Munich, June 4, 1994, lot 298.
"I sit and work. These are my favorite hours. I work for myself, just for myself and my God."
Alexej von Jawlensky to Emmy "Galka" Scheyer, May 12, 1936, quoted from: Alexej von Jawlensky, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden 1991, p. 294
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