Asger Jorn *
(Vejrum, Struer, 1914–1973 Aarhus)
Den lille famille octopus (The little octopus family) 1953, signed, oil on canvas, 55.9 x 65.1 cm, framed
Provenance:
V. Nielsen’s Collection, Denmark
Sale, Nellemann & Thomsen auctioneers, Aarhus (DK) 1958 (sold in a private sale)
Sale, Sotheby’s London, December 8, 1983 lot 619
Sale, Sotheby‘s New York, May 4, 1993 Lot 289
European Private Collection (acquired from the above by the present owner)
Literature:
G. Atkins, G. Atkins, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, Jorn in Scandinavia, 1930–1953, London 1968, p. 268, no. 814 with ill.
„There is really only one concrete artistic reality, namely the actual objective impression of an art piece upon the people. (What the art piece shows, and what the person believes it shows; what impression the person believes to feel – all this is basically meaningless in light of this one fact)".
(Asper Jorn, excerpt from Asger Jorn’s text in the catalogue of the art exhibition Spiralen,
Copenhagen, January 1950)
Specialist: Flaminia Allvin
Flaminia Allvin
+39-06-699 23 671
flaminia.allvin@dorotheum.it
29.11.2023 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 58,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 50,000.- to EUR 60,000.-
Asger Jorn *
(Vejrum, Struer, 1914–1973 Aarhus)
Den lille famille octopus (The little octopus family) 1953, signed, oil on canvas, 55.9 x 65.1 cm, framed
Provenance:
V. Nielsen’s Collection, Denmark
Sale, Nellemann & Thomsen auctioneers, Aarhus (DK) 1958 (sold in a private sale)
Sale, Sotheby’s London, December 8, 1983 lot 619
Sale, Sotheby‘s New York, May 4, 1993 Lot 289
European Private Collection (acquired from the above by the present owner)
Literature:
G. Atkins, G. Atkins, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, Jorn in Scandinavia, 1930–1953, London 1968, p. 268, no. 814 with ill.
„There is really only one concrete artistic reality, namely the actual objective impression of an art piece upon the people. (What the art piece shows, and what the person believes it shows; what impression the person believes to feel – all this is basically meaningless in light of this one fact)".
(Asper Jorn, excerpt from Asger Jorn’s text in the catalogue of the art exhibition Spiralen,
Copenhagen, January 1950)
Specialist: Flaminia Allvin
Flaminia Allvin
+39-06-699 23 671
flaminia.allvin@dorotheum.it
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction with Live Bidding |
| Date: | 29.11.2023 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 18.11. - 29.11.2023 |
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