Literature: Guy Atkins: “Asger Jorn. The final years 1965–1973”, London 1980, no. 1904, reproduced fig. 21, Jorn in his studio in Colombes surrounded by paintings for the exhibition in 1970 at Galerie Jeanne Bucher, fig. 188 full page in colours p. 183, B/W p. 220 and on the dirt cover. Exhibited: “Asger Jorn: La luxure de l'esthésie”, one-man exhibition of 18 recent oil paintings. Catalogue preface by Guy Marester, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris December 1970-January 1971, cat. no. 17, reproduced in the catalogue. Exhibited: “Asger Jorn: Recent paintings”. One-man exhibition of recent paintings, collages, gouaches and acrylics. The catalogue preface “From an interview with the artist” is from Le Monde Weekly, Paris 10 February 1971. Chronology and short bibliography by Guy Atkins, Arthur Tooth & Sons, London 15 June - 10 July 1971, cat. no. 6. Exhibited: “Asger Jorn”. One-man retrospective exhibition. Catalogue texts Wieland Schmied, Werner Haftmann, Ursula Schmitt, Guy Atkins, Troels Andersen, Christian Dotremont, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hanover 16 February - 18 March 1973, cat. no. 101, reproduced in the catalogue. Exhibited: “ART 4/73”. Vierte Internationale Kunstmesse, Basel 20–25 juni 1973. Exhibited: “Asger Jorn”, The Salomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 1982, cat. no. 55, reproduced full page in colours p. 92. Exhibited: “A Nordic view”, curated by Erik Steffensen, Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, 13 November 2004–22 January 2005. Provenance: Nicholas Tooth, London. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.

The studio photograph taken in Colombes in 1970 shows Jorn surrounded by some of the canvases that were shortly to go on exhibition at Galerie Jeanne Bucher. This group of paintings constitutes one of the peak achievements of his artistic career. The exhibition in Paris was entitled, with a touch of Jorn’s familiar self-irony, “The luxury of aestheticism (La luxure de l’esthésie)….. In fact, the smallest painting at Galerie Jeanne Bucher, titled “L’irrationel incline” (Tilted unreason), was amongst the most successful” (quote from Guy Atkins: “Asger Jorn. The final years 1965–1973”, London 1980, side 25–26)