Asger Jorn (b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973)
Fantasy Animal. Signed Jorn 46, Saxnäs. Oil on masonite. 33×25 cm.
Literature: Guy Atkins: “Jorn in Scandinavia 1930–1953”, London, 1968, no. 469, ill. p. 368. Provenance: The artist Niels Wedel, Orust, Sweden. Acquired directly from Asger Jorn and thence by descent in the family. Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen Auctioneers, Copenhagen, Auction 858, September 2015, cat. no. 581. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.
Asger Jorn and Niels Wedel's (1897–1967) roads crossed in Copenhagen when in November 1945 Jorn was planning an exhibition of Danish art in Sweden and Niels Wedel exhibited at the autumn exhibition Høstudstillingen. In the summer of 1946, Jorn travelled to Sweden and visited, among others, Niels Wedel in Orust north of Gothenburg on his way to Saxnäs in Lapland. This painting originates from Niels Wedel's collection and presumably came into his possession during their joint preparations for exhibitions or in connection with Jorn's trips to Sweden and his stays there in 1945–46.
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CoBrA, 6 December 2022