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Harald Giersing (b. Copenhagen 1881, d. s.p. 1927)

“Fokin og Fokina” (Danser og Danserinde) (Fokin and Fokina - Male and Female Dancer), 1918. Signed monogram; signed on the reverse. Oil on wooden board. 150×115 cm.

Literature: Arist Pander: ”Harald Giersing - Mindeudstilling”, Samleren, January 1928, p. 3. Literature: Leo Swane: “Harald Giersing - Vor Tids Kunst 1”, Copenhagen 1931, p. 17. Literature: Jan Zibrandtsen: “Moderne Dansk Maleri”, Copenhagen 1948. Literature: Winkel & Magnussen (ed.): "Kunst i Privat Eje”, vol. II, Copenhagen, 1945, ill. p. 371. Literature: Herman Madsen: “200 danske malere og deres værker”, vol. 2, Copenhagen 1946, ill. p. 214. Literature: “Aarstiderne”, vol. 9, no.2, December 1951, ill. Literature: Jan Zibrandtsen: “Moderne Dansk Maleri”, Copenhagen 1967, p. 138 and 140. Literature: Lennart Gottlieb: “Portrætter og figurbilleder af Harald Giersing”, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 1981, p. 33, ill. p. 33. Literature: Hanne Abildgaard, ”Ny dansk Kunsthistorie”, vol. 6, Copenhagen 1994, p. 113, ill. p. 113. Literature: Lennart Gottlieb: “Giersing. Maler - Kritiker - Menneske”, Copenhagen 1995, p. 206–11, ill. p. 207. Literature: Karen Vedel: “The Performance of Pictorialist Dance Photography”, Nordic Theatre Studies 1, 2017, p. 155. Literature: Torben Jelsbak: “Expressionism in Denmark”, The Routledge Companion to Expressionism in a Transnational Context, London 2018, p. 195, ill. p. 195. Exhibited: ”Skulptur Johannes Bjerg, Maleri Harald Giersing, Musik Carl Nielsen”, Den frie Udstilling, January 1919, cat. no. 1. Exhibited: Grønningen, October 1919 (Aarhus), cat. no.1. Exhibited: “Nyare Dansk Konst”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, November-December 1919, cat. no. 688. Exhibited: Harald Giersing, auction 11 October 1921, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, cat. no. 61. Exhibited: “Harald Giersing Mindeudstilling”, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, October 1927, cat. no. 245. Exhibited: “Rundskue. Journalistforbundets retrospektive udstilling af moderne dansk malerkunst 1910–1936”, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, August-September 1936, cat. no. 35 Exhibited: “Dansk Kunststævne”, Fyens Forum, Odense, September-Oktober 1936, cat. no. 144. Exhibited: Biennale, Venice, 1948. Exhibited: Trefoldigheden, Copenhagen, 1950. Exhibited: Danske Kunstforeninger udenfor København, travelling exhibition 1951. Exhibited: “Anna og Kresten Krestensens samling af nutidig dansk kunst”, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 1952, cat. no. 27, ill. p. 11. Exhibited: "Harald Giersing (1881–1927)”, Stockholm and Copenhagen, November-December 1958, cat. no. 63. Exhibited: Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway, 1963, cat. no. 44. Exhibited: “Harald Giersing. Maleri - Ord - Musik”, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, 1995–1996 and Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 1996, cat. no. 79. Provenance: Architect Harald Hauberg (the artist’s brother in law), Copenhagen. Provenance: Anna and Kresten Krestensen, Gentofte. Provenance: Private collection, Copenhagen. Acquired directly from Anna and Kresten Krestensen.

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Paintings & sculptures, 4 December 2018

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1,200,000–1,500,000 DKK

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3,100,000 DKK