Variation: 1921 N. 84 (Secret)
| Variation: secret |
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| Alexej Jawlensky , 1921 |
| Oil on paper on cardboard |
| 35.7 x 26.9 cm |
| Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbaden
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Variation: 1921 N. 84 (Secret) is the title of a painting by the German-Russian artist Alexej Jawlensky , which he painted in 1920 or 1921. In 1969 it was acquired from the artist's estate by the former museum director Clemens Weiler for the Wiesbaden Museum .
description
The "Variation: 1921 N. 84 (Secret)" is an oil painting on painting paper in portrait format 35.7 × 26.9 cm, which was mounted on cardboard and cardboard. It is monogrammed 'AJ' and not dated in the picture lower left. The back is not visible.
The small-format picture is one of the later variations that Jawlensky occupied for more than six years. The composition scheme is greatly simplified and the representation is almost completely detached from the representational and strongly shaped by vertical structures. The color palette is significantly darker than in the early years of the variations.
History and provenance
The picture was made in 1920 or 1921 and was in the artist's possession for a long time. The dating of the sheet cannot be clearly established, as Jawlensky lists the picture in his photo archive as “Last Variation, Ascona 1920”. In the workshop directory of Jawlensy's confidante Lisa Kümmel , however, it has been given the addition “Ascona 1921” as Variation No. 84.
From 1967 it was on loan from the Museum Wiesbaden, which it acquired in 1969.
literature
- Clemens Weiler : Alexej Jawlensky. Cologne 1959, p. 275 No. 685.
- Clemens Weiler: Alexej Jawlensky, heads-faces-meditations. , Hanau 1970, p. 156 No. 1282.
- Maria Jawlensky, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky and Angelica Jawlensky (eds.): Alexej von Jawlensky, Catalog Raisonné of the oil-paintings. , Vol. 1, Munich 1991, No. 1166, p. 346, color illus. P. 355
- Ingrid Koszinowski: Alexej von Jawlensky, paintings and graphic works from the collection of the Wiesbaden Museum. 1997, p. 35.
- Bernd Fäthke : Jawlensky and his companions in a new light. Munich 2004, p. 175.