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Wilhelm Freddie (b. Copenhagen 1909, d. s.p. 1995)

“Den heliga hund” (The Holy Dog). Signed Freddie 21–11-1944. Oil on masonite. 55×45 cm.

Literature: Edouard Jaguer: “Wilhelm Freddie-Pilene fra den elektriske bur”, Copenhagen, 1969, ill. p. 47. Literature: Jens Jørgen Thorsen: “Where has Freddie been?”, Copenhagen and London, 1972, ill. p. 68. Published in connection with the “Freddie” separate exhibition in (Gallery) Acoris. The Surrealist Art Centre, London, 1972.

Exhibited: Separate exhibition “Freddie. Surreal”, Galerie St. Lucas, Stockholm, 1945, cat. no. 30. Exhibited: Separate exhibition “Wilhelm Freddie”. Nessimhallen, Malmö, Sweden, 1951, cat. no. 9. Exhibited: Retrospective exhibition “Wilhelm Freddie”, Göteborg Kunstmuseum, 1967 and Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, 1968, cat. no. 73. Exhibited: “Freddie”, Acoris, The Surrealist Center, London, 1972. Exhibited: Retrospective exhibition udstilling “Wilhelm Freddie”, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Aarhus Kunstmuseum and Amos Andersons Konstmuseum, Helsinki, 1974–75, cat. no. 30. Exhibited: Separate exhibition “Wilhelm Freddie. En enestående samling til et enestående museum”, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark, 1979, no. cat. no., ill. p. 17. Exhibited: “Freddie”, Statens Museum for Kunst, 28 August -22 October, Copenhagen, 1989 and Liljevalchs, Stockholm, 17 November - 7 January 1990, cat. no. 56, ill. Provenance: Åke Granlund, Stockholm. Provenance: Fine Art Exhibitions. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.

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Modern paintings, sculptures and prints, 5 December 2023

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60,000–80,000 DKK

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65,000 DKK