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Bjørn Nørgaard (b. Copenhagen 1947)

A polychrome decorated fajance sculpture from the series “Mickeys Opera” from 2005. Edition 7. H. 95. W. 35. D. 40 cm. Height on base 6 cm.

Literature: Henrik Juul Jensen: “Bjørn Nørgaard. En billedhuggers verden”, Politikens Forlag, Copenhagen, 2007, ill. pp. 85–86 and 234. Literature: Bjørn Nørgard: “Bjørn Nørgaard” i René Block, Barbara Heinrich & Svetlana Petrovic: “Art, Life & Confusion”. 47th October Salon, exhibition catalogue: Belgrade Cultural Centre, Beograd, 2006, pp. 76–77.

Exhibited: One of the seven editions: “Bjørn Nørgaard. Mickey's Opera / Atypia”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, 2006. (The whole serie except for: “Mickey's Lost Friend”). Exhibited: One of the seven editions: Erro. Bjørn Nørgaard. Karin van Dam. Scarlett Hooft Graafland. Maleonn", The Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen University Art College, Xiamen, China, 2006. Exhibited: One of the seven editions: “Art, Life & Confusion. 47th October Salon”, The Belgrade Public Bath, Cara Dusana, Belgrade, Serbia, 2006. Exhibited: One of the seven editions: “Sisyphus Meets Confucius”, The Danish Cultural Institute dARTex (The Dansish Art Exchange), Beijing, China, 2007. Exhibited: One of the seven editions: “Bjørn Nørgaard”, Rønnebæksholm Kunst- og Kulturcenter, Næstved, Denmark, 2008. Exhibited: One of the seven editions: “Trapholts Nyeste - direktøren hænger op”, Kunstmuseet Trapholt, Kolding, Denmark, 2009. Exhibited: One of the seven editions: “Björn Nörgaard. Mythos und Morphologie”, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany, 2009, cat. nos. 19–30. Exhibited: One of the seven editions: Bjørn Nørgaard. Remodelling the World, Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen, 2010, cat. nos. 89–100.

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Condition

Repairs on one of the ears.

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Contemporary art, 19 October 2021

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15,000–20,000 DKK

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