Still Life with Bottles and Fruit

1900

Alexej von Jawlensky

Associated Names
Alexej von Jawlensky

Painter, Russian, 1864 - 1941

The painting features a collection of fruit on a plate behind two bottles. The plate with the fruit is in the center of the painting, and on it are pieces of round, green fruit with hints of pink. They may be apples. A tall bottle is in front of the plate, and it is yellow with a white cap. Another, shorter bottle is to the right of the first; it has a colorful label. An apple like those on the plate rests in front of the bottles. There are also two blue-gray shapes that could be mugs on round saucers. The surface these objects rest on is mostly green, but there are also streaks of blue and light pink. The wall behind the objects is made up of streaks of light and dark blue. The brushstrokes in the image are thick and visible, blurring the details on the objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg

  • Dimensions

    overall: 48 x 49.2 cm (18 7/8 x 19 3/8 in.)
    framed: 67 x 67.6 x 4.8 cm (26 3/8 x 26 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.140.38


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, New York;[1] bequest 2004 to NGA.
[1] There is a label on the reverse from Kleemann Galleries, New York, with the number K7254; it is possible this is where the Hertzbergs purchased the painting.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Horizont Jawlensky: Alexej von Jawlensky im Spiegel seiner künstlerischen Begegnungen 1900-1914 [The Jawlensky Horizon. Alexej von Jawlensky in the Reflection of his Encounters from 1900-1914], Museum Wiesbaden, 2014, no. 24, repro.

Bibliography

1991

  • Jawlensky, Maria, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, and Angelica Jawlensky. Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings 4 vols. London, 1991: 1:no. 76, repro.

Inscriptions

lower left: a. jawlensky; upper left reverse: N. 11

Wikidata ID

Q20190769

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