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Lot 166: ASGER JORN

Est: £30,000 GBP - £40,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 27, 2013

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN FOUNDATION 1914 - 1973 STIVNAKKET SELVPORTRAET (SELF-PORTRAIT WITH A STIFF NECK) signed and dated 55; signed, titled and dated 1955 on the reverse oil on canvas 57 by 45.1cm.; 22 1/2 by 17 3/4 in.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Bielefeld, Kunstverein im Museum Waldhof, Asger Jorn: Choregraphie des Augenblicks, Malerei, Zeichnungen und Druckgrafik, 1995, p. 31, illustrated in colour

Literature

Guy Atkins, Asger Jorn: The Crucial Years 1954-1964, Silkeborg 1977, p. 213, illustrated Theodor Helmert-Corvey, La Vie: Karl Kerber, Der Sammler, Die Sammlung, Bielefeld 1995, p. 22, illustrated in colour Guy Atkins and Troels Andersen, Asger Jorn: Revised Supplement to the Oeuvre Catalogue of His Paintings 1930-1973, Copenhagen 2006, n.p., no. S.93a, illustrated

Provenance

Private Collection, Germany

Auction Details

Contemporary Art Day Auction

by
Sotheby's
June 27, 2013, 12:00 AM GMT

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