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Artworks
Alexej von Jawlensky Russia, 1864-1941
Heilandsgesicht: Enstagung (Savior's Face: Renunciation), 1921Oil on linen-finish paper laid down on card laid down on wood32.4 by 25.1 cm (12¾ by 9⅞ in.)Signed 'A.J.' (lower left); signed 'A. Jawlensky', dated '1921' and inscribed with the title and technical data by the artist's son (on the reverse)38824© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, BonnSOLDFurther images
Painted in 1921. Heilandsgesicht: Enstagung (Savior's Face: Renunciation) demonstrates Alexej von Jawlensky’s remarkable ability to create an image of contemplative beauty and pathos within a highly pared-down method of painting....Painted in 1921. Heilandsgesicht: Enstagung (Savior's Face: Renunciation) demonstrates Alexej von Jawlensky’s remarkable ability to create an image of contemplative beauty and pathos within a highly pared-down method of painting. Beginning around 1910, Jawlensky employed the human head as an apparatus to which to apply his highly subjective strategies of modernist painting, such as isolated lines, grids, and gradients accompanied by an expressive palette, in lieu of a traditionally representational rendering. His heads reference both the religious icons from his childhood spent in Russia and Modernism’s interest in the simplified forms of non-Western art.Provenance
Estate of the artist
Andreas Jawlensky (son of the artist; acquired from the above)
Sale: Grisebach GmbH Berlin, June 7, 2002, lot 23
Private Collection
Exhibitions
Dresden, Galerie Emil Richter, 1922
Chemnitz, Kunsthütte Chemnitz, 1923, no. 232
Stuttgart, Kunsthaus Schaller, 1923
Frankfurt, Galerie Schames, Group Exhibition, 1923
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Alexej Jawlensky 1864-1941, 1983, no. 163, illustrated p. 262
New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Jawlensky, Father and Son, 1987, no. 52, illustrated in color p. 42
Milan, Galerie del Naviglio, Alexej Jawlensky: disegni e pitture, 1900-1936, 1991, no. 24, illustrated in color
Barcelona, Museu Picasso, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1992, no. 89, illustrated in color p. 100
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Alexej von Jawlensky : Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 1994, no. 45, illustrated in color p. 95
Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1994, no. 99, illustrated in color p. 209
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Alexej von Jawlensky, 1995, no. 56, illustrated in color
Graz, Künstlerhaus Graz, Alexej von Jawlensky : "Leidenschaft und Erkenntnis" : Gesichte, Köpfe, Meditationen, 1997, no. 17, illustrated in color p. 91
St. Petersburg, The State Russian Museum, Alexej von Jawlensky: a biography, 2000
Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, Kandinsky, Vrubel, Jawlensky e gli artisti russi a Genova e nelle riviere : passaggio in Liguria, 2001, no. 215, illustrated in color p. 296
Literature
C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky, Cologne, 1959, no. 277, illustrated p. 247
C. Weiler, Alexej Jawlensky : Köpfe, Gesichte, Meditationen, 1970, no. 152
M. Jawlensky, L. Pieroni-Jawlensky and A. Jawlensky, Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Volume Two 1914-1933, London, 1992, no. 1155, illustrated in color p. 351 (mentioned p. 343)
