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Vilhelm Bjerke-Petersen (b. Frederiksberg 1909, d. Halmstad, Sweden 1957)

“Blodets dans (tilbedt exhibitionisme)” (The Dance of the Blood - Worshiped Exhibitionism). Signed v.b.p.-35; titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 100×130 cm.

Exhibited: Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 1936, cat. no. 21 (inscription on the reverse). Exhibited: “The art of the Surrealists in Denmark and Sweden”, International Surrealist Exhibition, The New Burlington Galleries, London, June, 1936, ill. in the catalogue. Exhibited: London, 1937 (inscription on the reverse, might be identical with the above mentioned exhibition). Exhibited: Odense, 1937 (inscription on the reverse).

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Auction

Paintings & sculptures, 7 December 2021

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Estimate

50,000–60,000 DKK

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Price realised

260,000 DKK