As of May 15, 2024

Asger Jorn

Lot 126
Le regard au dos (Looking back), 1962
Oil on canvas

28.7 x 23.6 in (73.0 x 60.0 cm)

Lot 126
Le regard au dos (Looking back), 1962
Oil on canvas
28.7 x 23.6 in (73.0 x 60.0 cm)

Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
Auction: 9 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Jun 07, 2024
Auction number: 553
Auction name: Contemporary Day Sale

Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 73 x 60 cm.
- The important Danish artist Asger Jorn created dynamic pictorial worlds with a powerful visual language oscillating between abstraction and figuration, showing a playful lightness and exploring emotional abysses. - In 1948, Jorn founded the artist group “CoBrA” together with Appel, Constant, Corneille, Dotremont and Noiret. - Jorn became a key figure of the Munich art scene, he repeatedly spent time in the city as of 1957, his figurative-expressive style was formative for local culture. - From an important creative period: In 1959 and 1964 he participated in the Kassel documenta, and in 1961 he published manifestos of the “Situationist International” movement.
LITERATURE: Guy Atkins, Asger Jorn, The Crucial Years 1954-1964, London 1977, catalogue raisonné No. 1416. - - Arne Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, auction in June 1968, lot 560. Christie's, Amsterdam, auction on December 6, 1995, lot 281. Christie's, London, auction on June 28, 2001, lot 629. Arne Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, auction on September 23, 2014, lot 624. Ingrid Schjoldager (ed.), The Narud Collection, Oslo 2021 (illu. in color on p. 111).
Galleri Moderne, Silkeborg. Private collection Denmark (acquired directly from the above). Private collection Norway (since 2014)
In good condition. Craquelure and drycracks in the very impasto areas, some with minor color losses. The corners minimally rubbed in places. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.
Lot Details
Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 73 x 60 cm.
- The important Danish artist Asger Jorn created dynamic pictorial worlds with a powerful visual language oscillating between abstraction and figuration, showing a playful lightness and exploring emotional abysses. - In 1948, Jorn founded the artist group “CoBrA” together with Appel, Constant, Corneille, Dotremont and Noiret. - Jorn became a key figure of the Munich art scene, he repeatedly spent time in the city as of 1957, his figurative-expressive style was formative for local culture. - From an important creative period: In 1959 and 1964 he participated in the Kassel documenta, and in 1961 he published manifestos of the “Situationist International” movement.
LITERATURE: Guy Atkins, Asger Jorn, The Crucial Years 1954-1964, London 1977, catalogue raisonné No. 1416. - - Arne Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, auction in June 1968, lot 560. Christie's, Amsterdam, auction on December 6, 1995, lot 281. Christie's, London, auction on June 28, 2001, lot 629. Arne Bruun Rasmussen, Copenhagen, auction on September 23, 2014, lot 624. Ingrid Schjoldager (ed.), The Narud Collection, Oslo 2021 (illu. in color on p. 111).
Galleri Moderne, Silkeborg. Private collection Denmark (acquired directly from the above). Private collection Norway (since 2014)
In good condition. Craquelure and drycracks in the very impasto areas, some with minor color losses. The corners minimally rubbed in places. The condition report was compiled in daylight with the help of an ultraviolet light and to the best of knowledge.

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