Lot 315
  • 315

Alfred Jensen

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Alfred Jensen
  • Twin Children of the Sun # 5
  • each signed, titled and dated 1974 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas, in 2 parts
  • Overall: 24 1/8 by 48 1/4 in. 61.3 by 122.6 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern
Pace Wildenstein, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2004

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvases are both unlined. There is pigment separation throughout, and particularly in the black pigment of the left panel. The surface retains a very rich impasto texture. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is evidence of a few areas of inpainting. Framed.
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