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Alexei Jawlensky
Variation VII1919

Not on view
Vertical abstract oil painting with rounded color forms — forest green, burnt orange, yellow, pink, black, and wine red — loosely brushed on a pale gray-white ground
Artist or Maker
Alexei Jawlensky
Russia, also active Switzerland and Germany 1864-1941
Title
Variation VII
Place Made
Russia
Date Made
1919
Medium
Oil on canvas board
Dimensions
14 1/8 × 10 1/2 in. (35.88 × 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Clifford Odets
Accession Number
60.65.2
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1864-1941); [Galka Scheyer (1889-1945), Hollywood]; sold to Clifford Odets (1906-1963), Los Angeles; given in 1960 to Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art; transferred in 1961 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Jawlensky, Maria, Lucia Pieroni-Jawlensky, and Angelica Jawlensky. Alexej von Jawlensky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings. London: Sotheby's Publications, 1992.