Richard Mortensen (b. Copenhagen 1910, d. Kirke Hyllinge 1993)
“Charleroi”, 1951. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 97×130 cm.
Literature: Jan Würtz Frandsen: “Richard Mortensen - Afklaringens år 1940–1958. Besættelse og rekonstruktion”, Copenhagen 1992, fig. 554, reproduced p. 489. Exhibited: “Richard Mortensen Udstilling”, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1955, cat. no. 12. Exhibited: “Ecole de Paris”, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland 1952. Exhibited: “7 Artistes de l'ecole de Paris”, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland 1954 (label on the reverse No. 0403). Exhibited: XXX Biennale Internazionale d'Arte di Venezia, Italy 1960, cat. no. 681 (labels on the reverse). Exhibited: “Richard Mortensen; retrospektiv utställning”, Liljevalchs Konsthal, Stockholm, Sweden 26 May-11 June 1961, cat. no. 64. Provenance: Galerie Denise René, Paris (labels on the reverse). Provenance: Konstsalongen Samlaren, Stockholm, Sweden. Acquired here by the present owner's family in 1961 (original invoice enclosed).
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