Lot 273
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273
Asger Jorn
Ohne Titel, 1955.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 80,000 / $ 90,400 Sold:
€ 106,680 / $ 120,548 (incl. surcharge)
Ohne Titel. 1955.
Oil on canvas.
Dated on the reverse of the stretcher by a hand other than that of the artist and inscribed with the artist's name, the dimensions and the catalogue raisonné information. 100 x 70 cm (39.3 x 27.5 in).
[AR].
• A masterful blend of figuration and abstraction.
• Asger Jorn's powerful painting continues to inspire with its versatility and innovative strength.
• In private hands for almost 40 years.
• From a key period in the artist's career: from the mid-1950s, he gained increasing public recognition, and participated, among others, in the second documenta in Kassel in 1959.
The work is documented in the Jorn Archive, Silkeborg (Museum Jorn).
PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Private collection, Southern Germany (since 1987, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner Cologne).
Family-owned since.
LITERATURE: Guy Atkins, Asger Jorn. The crucial years 1954-1964; a study of Asger Jorn’s development from 1954 to 1964 and a cat. of his oil paintings from that period, 1977, catalogue raisonné no. 933 (illustrated in black and white)
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Sotheby's London, Post War and Contemporary Art, June 26, 1986, lot 606.
Oil on canvas.
Dated on the reverse of the stretcher by a hand other than that of the artist and inscribed with the artist's name, the dimensions and the catalogue raisonné information. 100 x 70 cm (39.3 x 27.5 in).
[AR].
• A masterful blend of figuration and abstraction.
• Asger Jorn's powerful painting continues to inspire with its versatility and innovative strength.
• In private hands for almost 40 years.
• From a key period in the artist's career: from the mid-1950s, he gained increasing public recognition, and participated, among others, in the second documenta in Kassel in 1959.
The work is documented in the Jorn Archive, Silkeborg (Museum Jorn).
PROVENANCE: Private collection.
Private collection, Southern Germany (since 1987, Galerie Rudolf Zwirner Cologne).
Family-owned since.
LITERATURE: Guy Atkins, Asger Jorn. The crucial years 1954-1964; a study of Asger Jorn’s development from 1954 to 1964 and a cat. of his oil paintings from that period, 1977, catalogue raisonné no. 933 (illustrated in black and white)
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Sotheby's London, Post War and Contemporary Art, June 26, 1986, lot 606.
273
Asger Jorn
Ohne Titel, 1955.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 80,000 / $ 90,400 Sold:
€ 106,680 / $ 120,548 (incl. surcharge)
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