Lot 35
  • 35

ASGER JORN | Les enfants pleurent, pleurent

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description

  • Asger Jorn
  • Les enfants pleurent, pleurent
  • signed and titled
  • oil on canvas
  • 146 x 114 cm; 57  1/2   x 44  7/8   in.
  • Executed in 1958.

Provenance

Philippe Dotremont, Brussels
Collection Z, Brussels 

Exhibited

Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, Jonge Kunst uit de collectie Dotremont, Brussels, 20 February - 27 March 1960; catalogue, np., no. 40
Basel, Kunsthalle, Modern Malerai seit 1945 aus der Sammlung Dotremont, 22 April - 28 May 1961; catalogue, n.p, no. 35, illustrated in colour
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe-Museum, Compass 1: 1945 - 1961, Painters from Paris, 1961
Ghent, Museum Voor Schone Kunsten, Figuratie en Defigurat, 10 July - 4 October 1964; catalogue, p.61, no. 132
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Asger Jorn, 1914 - 1973, Rétrospective, 24 May - 25 June 1973

Literature

Guy Atkins, Asger Jorn, The crucial years: 1954 - 1964, London, 1997, np., no. 1110, illustrated

Condition

The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. The work was executed on its original canvas and was not relined. Upon close inspection, some stabilized cracks are visible in the dark green area in the lower left quadrant and yellow paint areas in the upper right quadrant. Faint wear marks are visible along the bottom edge. Under UV light, a small dot of repainting is visible in the dark blue area in the upper right quadrant. The work is in good condition.
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