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Lot 230
  • 230

Asger Jorn

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Asger Jorn
  • Chaosmos
  • signed, titled and dated 61 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 72.5 by 92cm.; 28 1/2 by 36 1/8 in.

Provenance

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London
Kunsthandel Frans Jacobs, Amsterdam
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 8 February 2001, Lot 277
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Asger Jorn: Luxury Paintings, 1961, no. 22, illustrated

Literature

Guy Atkins, Asger Jorn: The Crucial Years, 1954-1964, London 1977, no. 1374, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of very light wear to the extreme corner tips, and a tiny rubmark along the left hand edge, towards the upper left corner. Extremely close inspection reveals a small number of tiny, unobtrusive and stable hairline cracks in a few isolated places. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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