MODERN ART. International auction 857

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1 MODERN ART International auction 857

2 MODERN ART International auction 857 AUCTION 9-10 June 2015 PREVIEW Thursday 28 May 3 pm - 6 pm Friday 29 May 11 am - 5 pm Saturday 30 May 11 am - 4 pm Sunday 31 May 11 am - 4 pm Monday 1 June 11 am - 5 pm or by appointment Bredgade 33 DK-1260 Copenhagen K Tel Fax info@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.com

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4 DAYS OF SALE FINE ART + ANTIQUES Tuesday 2 June 4 pm Paintings and drawings ORIENTAL ART Wednesday 3 June 2 pm Oriental sale FINE ART + ANTIQUES Thursday 4 June 2 pm Russian sale Furniture, clocks and bronzes Silver and ceramics Oriental carpets Monday 8 June 2 pm Jewellery, Hermès and Chanel handbags Wristwatches MODERN ART Tuesday 9 June 4 pm Modern paintings and sculptures Wednesday 10 June 2 pm Modern paintings and sculptures Prints Photographs NORDIC DESIGN Wednesday 10 June after 4 pm Silver Decorative art Thursday 11 June 4 pm Furniture and lamps DEADLINE FOR CLAIMING ITEMS: 24 JUNE Items bought at Auction 857 must be paid no later than eight days from the date of the invoice and claimed on Bredgade 33 by Wednesday 24 June at the latest. Otherwise, they will be moved to Bruun Rasmussen s storage facility at Baltikavej 10 in Copenhagen at the buyer s expense and risk. This transportation will cost DKK 100 per item VAT included, and storage will cost DKK 100 per item per week VAT included.

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6 MODERNE KUNST International auktion 857 AUKTION juni 2015 EFTERSYN Torsdag 28. maj kl Fredag 29. maj kl Lørdag 30. maj kl Søndag 31. maj kl Mandag 1. juni kl Danske katalogtekster kan ses på bruun-rasmussen.dk Bredgade København K Tel Fax info@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.dk

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8 AUKTIONSKALENDER FINE ART + ANTIQUES Tirsdag 2. juni kl. 16 Malerier og tegninger ORIENTAL ART Onsdag 3. juni kl. 14 Orientalsk auktion FINE ART + ANTIQUES Torsdag 4. juni kl. 14 Russisk auktion Møbler, ure og bronzer Sølv og keramik Orientalske tæpper Mandag 8. juni kl. 14 Smykker, Hermès- og Chanel-tasker Armbåndsure MODERN ART Tirsdag 9. juni kl. 16 Moderne malerier og skulpturer Onsdag 10. juni kl. 14 Moderne malerier og skulpturer Grafik Fotografier NORDIC DESIGN Onsdag 10. juni efter kl. 16 Sølv Kunsthåndværk Torsdag 11. juni kl. 16 Møbler og belysning SIDSTE FRIST FOR AFHENTNING: ONSDAG DEN 24. JUNI Effekter købt på auktion 857 skal være betalt senest 8 dage efter fakturadatoen og afhentet i Bredgade 33 senest onsdag den 24. juni. I modsat fald bliver de transporteret til Bruun Rasmussens lager på Baltikavej 10 i Københavns Nordhavn for købers regning og risiko. Transporten koster 100 kr. pr. effekt inkl. moms, og opbevaringen koster 100 kr. pr. effekt pr. påbegyndt uge inkl. moms.

9 SPECIALISTS IN MODERN ART AND DESIGN Paintings, sculptures and prints Niels Raben Paintings, sculptures and prints Niels Boe Hauggaard Paintings and design Peter Beck Aarhus Paintings, sculptures and prints Kathrine Eriksen Paintings, sculptures and prints Annemette Müller Fokdal Photographs Christine Almlund Design Peter Kjelgaard Design Ole Ravn Design Amalie Hansen Design Anna B. Widenborg Design Peter Tholstrup Aarhus Silver and branding Alexa Bruun Rasmussen Paintings and design Frederik Bruun Rasmussen

10 Program for åbningen af eftersynet Torsdag 28. maj kl Auktionssalen, Bredgade 33 i København Kl Frederik Bruun Rasmussen byder velkommen Kl Inspiration, Vision, Architecture Foredrag ved den prisbelønnede engelske arkitekt og professor Richard Weston, forfatter til monografien Utzon Inspiration, Vision, Architecture Foredraget bliver afholdt på engelsk Program for the opening of the preview Thursday 28 May at 3 pm 6 pm The Saleroom, Bredgade 33, Copenhagen 4 pm Welcome Frederik Bruun Rasmussen 4.15 pm Inspiration, Vision, Architecture Lecture by the award-winning British architect and Professor Richard Weston, author of the monograph Utzon Inspiration, Vision, Architecture The lecture will be held in English

11 Fra Utzons private kunstsamling til fotografiets skæve eksistenser Et af de helt store trækplastre på denne auktion er en række værker fra den danske arkitekt Jørn Utzons private kunstsamling. Udbuddet vidner om hans særlige blik for sin samtids allerstørste navne og rummer bl.a. værker af Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque og Fernand Léger. I 1957 vandt Utzon den internationale arkitektkonkurrence, der førte til Operahuset i Sydney. Han samarbejdede med den franske arkitekt og kunstner Le Corbusier omkring indretningen, og et af auktionens højdepunkter er Le Corbusiers gobelin Les dés sont jetés (Terningerne er kastet) fra 1960 (kat.nr. 849). Læs mere om Utzons samling s. 76. En anden af kunsthistoriens sværvægtere står bag skulpturen Conjunction XV. Den er udført af den engelske billedhugger Lynn Chadwick i Årstallet hører til kunstnerens mest frugtbare periode, hvor han med inspiration hentet fra Påskeøernes oprindelige kunsthåndværk arbejdede med disse særegne abstrakte skulpturer. Det udbudte værk har været ejet af et dansk ægtepar, der i forbindelse med erhvervelsen fik besøg af kunstneren, som blev begejstret over placeringen af skulpturen i deres have i Charlottenlund. Chadwicks karriere blev for alvor skudt i gang, da han i 1956 tog alle med storm på Venedig Biennalen og som den yngste nogensinde vandt udstillingens eftertragtede skulpturpris. I dag er han repræsenteret på førende museer som MoMA, Tate Gallery og Centre Georges Pompidou (kat.nr. 866). Den danske kunst er rigt repræsenteret på auktionen heriblandt med værker af Peter Louis- Jensen, Poul Gernes og Per Kirkeby. I begyndelsen af 1960 erne stiftede de sammen Eks-skolen, som markerede et nybrud i dansk kunst. Den var tænkt som et radikalt opgør med den etablerede danske modernisme, og målet var at bringe kunsten ned i øjenhøjde med det bredere samfund. Det er bl.a. to af Louis-Jensens collagelignende Strukturtavler fra 1964 (kat.nr. 887 og 888), en karakteristisk komposition af Gernes fra 1961 (kat.nr. 884) og værket Leoparden af Kirkeby (kat.nr. 889), der tegner Eks-skolens bidrag til auktionen. Blandt de danske kunstnere finder man også Erik Thommesen med fem skulpturer og et par tegninger (f.eks. kat. nr. 842) samt Jens Adolf Jerichau med en skitse til hovedværket Havguder fra 1916 (kat.nr. 810). Afsnittet med kunstfotografier anføres af en række værker fra Paris af den berømte fotograf Brassaï. I begyndelsen af 1930 erne satte han sig for at skildre den franske hovedstads natteliv uden for i de mørke gader og inden for på byens forlystelsesetablissementer. Han fotograferede forbrydere, prostituerede, alfonser og transvestitter, og værkerne blev til de banebrydende fotobøger Paris de Nuit fra 1933 og The Secret Paris of the Thirties fra 1976 (f.eks. kat. nr og 1076). De skæve og fremmedgjorte eksistenser var også det kunstneriske omdrejningspunkt for den lidt yngre fotograf Diane Arbus, der er repræsenteret med et portræt af to transseksuelle (kat. nr. 1107) samt en portfolio med 12 af hendes bedste værker (kat.nr. 1108). Fredag den 29. maj kl. 15 er der foredrag om Brassaï i Bredgade 33 ved leder af vores fotoafdeling, Christine Almlund. Jesper Bruun Rasmussen

12 From Utzon s Private Collection to Quirky Characters in Photography One of this auction s major attractions is a series of pieces from the Danish architect Jørn Utzon s private art collection. The collection reflects the Danish architect s exquisite eye for the greatest artists of his time, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Fernand Léger. In 1957 Utzon won the international architectural competition for the construction of the Sydney Opera House. He collaborated on the interior of the opera house with the French architect and artist Le Corbusier, and one of the auction s undisputed highlights is a tapestry by Le Corbusier from 1960 entitled Les dés sont jetés (The dice are cast) (cat. no. 849). Read more about Utzon s collection on p. 76. Another giant of art history is the creator of the sculpture Conjunction XV. The sculpture was made in 1970 by the British sculptor Lynn Chadwick during his most productive period, where he, inspired by the Easter Island s original craftwork, worked with a series of unique abstract sculptures. A Danish couple has owned the sculpture up for auction. In connection with their acquisition of the sculpture Chadwick visited the couple and was thrilled with the location of his sculpture in their garden in Charlottenlund. Chadwick s career truly took off, when he in 1956 took the Venice Biennale by storm and became the youngest artist ever to win the coveted International Sculpture Prize. Today he is exhibited at leading museums such as MOMA, Tate Gallery and Centre Georges Pompidou (cat. no. 866). Danish art is richly represented at the auction as well - including works by Peter Louis-Jensen, Poul Gernes and Per Kirkeby. In the early 1960s they established the Ex-school, which marked a new direction in Danish art. It was conceived as a radical departure from the established Danish modernism, and the goal was to bring art down to the level of a wider public. At this auction the Ex-school s contribution consists of two of Louis-Jensen s collage-like Structure Panels from 1964 (cat. no. 887 and 888), a characteristic composition by Gernes from 1961 (cat. no. 884) and The Leopard by Kirkeby (cat. no. 889). Among the Danish artists you can also find Erik Thommesen with five sculptures and a couple of drawings (e.g. cat. no. 842) as well as Jens Adolf Jerichau with a sketch of his major piece Sea Gods from 1916 (cat. no. 810). The section with art photographs is led by a number of images from Paris by the famous photographer Brassaï. In the early 1930s he set out to portray the French capital s nightlife - outside on the dark streets and inside in the city s entertainment venues. He photographed criminals, prostitutes, pimps and transvestites, and the photographs were collected in the ground-breaking photography books Paris de Nuit from 1933 and The Secret Paris of the Thirties from 1976 (e.g. cat. no and 1076). The quirky and alienated characters were also the artistic epicentre for the younger photographer Diane Arbus, who is represented by a portrait of two transgender people (cat. no. 1107) and a portfolio of 12 of her best photographs (cat. no. 1108). On Friday 29 May at 3 pm in Bredgade 33 our Head of Photography, Christine Almlund, will give a lecture on Brassaï. Jesper Bruun Rasmussen

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14 MODERN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES Tuesday 9 June 4 pm Lot Lot 877

15 790 CD JAN VERKADE b. Zaandam 1868, d "Maria de Kervo", Signed Jan Verkade. Pencil on paper. Sheet size 22 x 17 cm. Exhibited: "Symbolismen i dansk kunst" (Symbolism in Danish Art), Nivaagaard, Denmark, 1993, cat. no Provenance: The collection of Johan Rohde. Hence by descent in the family. DKK 15,000-20,000 / 2,000-2, CD JAN VERKADE b. Zaandam 1868, d A resting monk. Unsigned. Drawing charcoal on paper. Visible size 20,5 x 16 cm. Exhibited: "Symbolismen i dansk kunst" (Symbolism in Danish Art), Nivaagaard, Denmark, 1993, cat. no Provenance: The collection of Johan Rohde. Hence by descent in the family. DKK 8,000-10,000 / 1,050-1, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 854

16 CD OLAF RUDE b. Rakvere, Estland 1886, d. Frederiksberg 1957 Landscape with oak trees, Skejten, Lolland, c Signed Olaf Rude. Oil on canvas. 77 x 92 cm. DKK 50,000 / 6,700 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

17 KARL ISAKSON b. Stockholm 1878, d. Copenhagen 1922 Landscape with rocks and green trees, Christiansø c Attested on the reverse "Malet af K. Isakson. Attesteres Viggo Madsen - Aage Roose". Oil on canvas. 70 x 86 cm. Exhibited: "Vor Tids Kunst i Privat Eje", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 1953, cat. no Provenance: The collection of director F.C. Boldsen, Denmark. Provenance: Kunsthallen, Kunstauktioner, Copenhagen, 1991, auction 408, cat. no. 22, ill. DKK 60,000-80,000 / 8,050-10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

18 CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. Copenhagen 1893, d. s.p Still life with an orange, Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 55 x 46 cm. Provenance: Alf. Andersen Kunsthandel, Copenhagen and Aarhus. DKK 80, ,000 / 10,500-13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

19 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 Bognemark, Bornholm, Signed OH, Oil on masonite. 30 x 46 cm. DKK 50,000 / 6, CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 "Badende kvinder, Suserenden", Bornholm, (Bathing women at Suserenden), Bornholm. Signed OH 23. Oil on canvas. 62 x 72 cm. Provenance: Printer Jørgen Nielsen, Frederiksberg. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 854

20 CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. Øster Assels 1895, d. Skovshoved 1957 Fishing boats and figures at the beach. Signed Jens Søndergaard. Oil on canvas. 85 x 100 cm. DKK 50,000-75,000 / 6,700-10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

21 798 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 Bognemark, Winter, Bornholm. Double signed OH 58. Oil on canvas. 61 x 116 cm. "Bognemark" has been the inspiration for many of Oluf Høst's paintings, and the open gate in one of the wings of the farm must be one of the most well depicted gates in history. The artist's return to the farm, however, signifies anything but an unconscious repetition. On the contrary it is the place where the painter's registration of the light and the vibration of colour reaches masterful heights. All in all more than 200 images were painted from the courtyard, all leaving their own impression. The many images testify to Høst's lifelong exploration of the basic element, which the painting grew out of. DKK 200, ,000 / 27,000-33, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

22 798 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

23 CD JAIS NIELSEN b. Copenhagen 1885, d. Hellerup 1961 Atelier painting with the artist's mother and the artist in the background, Paris. Signed Jais 1915; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 118 x 89 cm. Provenance: Painted during the mother's visit with the young artist in Paris Hence by descent in the artist's family and not previously offered for sale. DKK 200,000 / 27, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

24 CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. Copenhagen 1893, d. s.p Still life with brown jar, large jug and two bottles, Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 cm. Literature: Preben Wilmann & Marianne Brøns: "Lundstrøm", Copenhagen 1987 (1977), no Provenance: Architect Thorkild Henningsen. Provenance: Grete Henningsen. Provenance: Journalist Nan Henningsen. Provenance: Arne Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, auction 122, 1960, cat. no DKK 250,000 / 33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

25 CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. Copenhagen 1893, d. s.p "Venus' fødsel" (The Birth of Venus), Signed VL. Oil on cardboard. Visible size 37 x 37 cm. Literature: Preben Wilmann & Marianne Brøns: "Lundstrøm", Copenhagen, 1987 (1977), no. 15, ill. p. 34. Literature: Carl V. Petersen: in "Tilskueren", 1916, p Literature: Niels Th. Mortensen: "Dansk Billedkunst gennem en Menneskealder", Copenhagen 1939, ill. p Literature: Niels Th. Mortensen: "Ny dansk billedkunst", Copenhagen, 1957, p. 256, ill. p Literature: Christian Kampmann: "Optegnelser efter 1940 og rejsedagbøger", Copenhagen 1962, mentioned p. 32, Christian Kampmann ill. holding the painting. Exhibited: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 1916, cat. no Exhibited: "Journalistforbundets retrospektive Udstilling af moderne dansk Kunst", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Exhibited: "Vilhelm Lundstrøms Mindeudstilling", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Rådhushallen, Aarhus and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 1951, cat. no. 8. Exhibited :"Vilhelm Lundstrøm", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1963, cat. no. 10. Exhibited: "Vilhelm Lundstrøm 100 år", Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen; Fyens Kunstmuseum, Odense and Randers Kunstmuseum, , cat. no. 3. Provenance: Merchant Chr. Kampmann / Mrs. Warla Kampmann, Aarhus. Acquired directly from the artist and hence by descent in family. Not previously offered for sale. Christian Kampmann writes about the painting in his journal: "I own the first painting Lundstrøm exhibited. It was at the autumn exhibition of The Birth of Venus. A cheerful motif with the naked fisherman ready to jump into the water from his boat to save the foam-born. It was [the painter Albert] Naur who suggested that I buy it. The next year I bought one with collage, newspaper clippings, cigarette box cover etc. Two tiny images. Lundstrøm himself I did not know, maybe it was the year he was abroad". DKK 50,000-60,000 / 6,700-8, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

26 JENS ADOLF JERICHAU b. Roskilde 1890, d. Paris 1916 "Amalies dans" (Amalie's dance), Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 66 x 81 cm. Literature: Troels Andersen: "Jens Adolf Jerichau ( ). En biografi og en fortegnelse over hans værker", Copenhagen, 1983, no. 108, ill. p Exhibited: "Maleren Jens Adolf Jerichau ", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1918, cat. no. 21. Exhibited: "Jens Adolf Jerichau ", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1966, cat. no. 49. DKK 100, ,000 / 13,500-16,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

27 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 Landscape with mountains in the distance, the Faroe Islands, Signed S.J-Mikines 64 Færøerne. Oil on canvas. 80 x 100 cm. DKK 50,000-60,000 / 6,700-8, CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 View from Bøur towards Risin and Kellingin, the Faroe Islands. Signed S. Joensen Oil on canvas. 59 x 78 cm. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 854

28 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 Figures by the sea, sunset. Signed S-J Mikines 61. Oil on canvas. 96 x 110 cm. DKK 75,000 / 10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

29 806 CD ADAM FISCHER b. Frederiksberg 1888, d. Ordrup 1968 "Fransk soldat" (A French Soldier), Signed A.F. Wood. H. 39 cm. Literature: Poul Uttenreiter: "Adam Fischer", Vor tids kunst no. 20, stylictic variant ill. on the cover. Literature: "København/Paris/Retur: Omkring Ellen og Adam Fischer", ill. p Provenance: Editor Møller Nielsen, Århus Stiftstidende. It was not a given that Adam Fischer ( ) as a sculptor was to occupy a central position in recent Danish art history. The first years of his schooling took place at the Royal Danish Academy s School of Pain ting in the period Yet his attempts with painting were, according to his own opinion, not tremendously successful. That this was the case also had a natural explanation. At the age of 25 Fischer discovered that he was colour blind. This was undeniably an unfortunate diagnosis for a young man who had decided to dedicate himself to painting. Something had to be done and rather than give up on his artistic ambitions Fischer focused on sculptures instead. A defining moment came during his stay in Paris, which he first visited during a study tour in It was soon clear to Fischer that living in the city of cities for a longer period of time could be a catalyst for his artistic development, and around the time of World War I you could hardly have found a better place. The artistic counter reaction to the horrors of war and the fractured worldview that followed were during these years truly expressed through cubism and the movement away from the naturalistic representation of the shape of things. Fischer worked his way into the new idiom, and he threw himself into the work with the sculptural moulding with an almost scientific approach. Sketches illustrate his preoccupation with the forms geometric and proportional conditions. Like his painter colleague, Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Fischer sought perfection and the completed construction of the artwork composed around the golden ratio. French Soldier is an exquisite example of this, not only in its simplification of the forms natural appearance, but also in the mastering of the sparse use of effects, which add an emotional expression to the sculpture. The sculpture from 1918 is reminiscent of both African mask art, the mythological figures on Easter Island and Modigliani s almost childlike depiction of his subject: Childlike is here understood as an immediate and pure perception of the subject s inherent character and its spirit. Besides the sculpture up for auction Fischer created a second copy in limestone, which provides a unique basis for comparison for the different materials character: The warm glow of the wood sculpture against the cruder expressions of the stone. Fischer shared his preoccupation with the dynamics of form with the Mexican artist Diego Rivera ( ), with whom Fischer established a close friendship. The theoretical conversations about the legality of modernist art and the development of Cubism were a catalyst for Fischer s showdown with the stylistic neatness of neoclassicism. Fischer spent a total of 20 years at the centre of the Parisian art scene, which also birthed a collegial friendship with world-renowned French artist Artistide Maillol ( ). As Fischer settled permanently in Paris in 1915, he also married. Ellen and Adam Fischer s artistic fellowship and life-long journey was celebrated in 1982 with the exhibition Copenhagen/Paris/Round-trip at both the National Gallery of Denmark and Randers Art Museum. French Soldier is a major work of art within Danish modernism, both in its cubist perfection, as well as in its reference to the historic realities and the capsized world-view, which World War I triggered. DKK 100,000 / 13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 854

30 Drawing from "København/Paris/Retur: Omkring Ellen og Adam Fischer", page BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

31 807 CD HANS SCHERFIG b. Copenhagen 1905, d. Fredensborg 1979 Elephant on the Savannah. Signed Scherfig Tempera on masonite. 33 x 34 cm. DKK 40,000 / 5, HANS SCHERFIG b. Copenhagen 1905, d. Fredensborg 1979 "Paris (luderkarl)" (Paris - pimp). Signed Scherfig Tempera on canvas. 95 x 70 cm. Literature: Lena Lamberth (ed): "Scherfig Katalog. Samlet fortegnelse over Hans Scherfigs billedkunst ", Espergærde, 2006, no. 89, ill. p. 37. Provenance: By descent in the artist's family. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

32 CD ROBERT STORM PETERSEN b. Valby 1882, d. Frederiksberg 1949 "Montmartre", Paris. Signed Storm P. [indistinctly] Oil on canvas. 36 x 30 cm. The work has been wrongly dated 1910 at a later occasion. The work is likely painted after Provenance: The collection Bjarne Saxhof, Copenhagen. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6,700 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

33 810 JENS ADOLF JERICHAU b. Roskilde 1890, d. Paris 1916 Composition, sketch for "Havguder" (Sea Gods), Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 116 x 138,5 cm. A composition with two figures on the reverse related to the painting "Elskov" (Love) (1915) in the collection of ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum. The last variant of the motif "Havguder" (Sea Gods) in the collection of Museum Jorn, Silkeborg (T.A. no. 177). Literature: Troels Andersen: "Jens Adolf Jerichau ( ). En biografi og en fortegnelse over hans værker", Copenhagen, 1983, no. 165, ill. p Exhibited: "Jens Adolf Jerichau ", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1966, cat. no. 51. Provenance: Probably acquired directly from the artist's sister, Elisabeth, by the present owners family. In his biography of Jens Adolf Jerichau, art historian Troels Andersen describes how the artist in his very short life of only 26 years underwent quite an extraordinary, artistic development with the fullness of a long life lived. In opposition to contemporary ideals, artistic standards and any wider recognition. Jens Adolf Jerichau s large figure images evolve - with art historian William Wanscher as a mentor - within a quite peculiar intersection between the Renaissance and the grand style of the classical period and the contemporary French modernism represented by such different names as Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. During a very short period of only 3-4 years up to his death, Jerichau creates an expressive, spontaneous method of painting, where the starting point may be classical, figurative and motivic, but where the painting itself, the strokes and the colourism eventually become the true foundation. Jerichau already works with the subject matter of Sea Gods in 1915, but in the year of his death he returns to the subject in paintings, including the painting offered here. The figures in the foreground form a wave motion, and a rearing figure of a sea monster is centrally placed in a picturesquely released, compositional and coloristic, superbly balanced composition that represents the culmination of an intense artistic development. Jens Adolf Jerichau was ahead of his time, and Troels Andersen describes how the artist was hesitant to consider consummate paintings as finished: These unfinished images show perhaps the strongest aspect of Jerichau as a painter. In the paintings, the subjects are submitted, with an almost complete ruthlessness, to the colour s development in dramatic, expressive action. Such a spontaneous work method could not be accepted, not even by those who knew him best (TA p. 86). DKK 1,000,000 / 135, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 854

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35 811 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 Whale killing scene, the Faroe Islands, Signed S. J-Mikines 70. Oil on canvas. 65 x 80 cm. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

36 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 Begravelsesoptog (Funeral procession), the Faroe Islands. Signed S.J. Mikines Oil on canvas. 110 x 189 cm. DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

37 813 CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. Copenhagen 1893, d. s.p "Dameportræt. Brystbillede, trekvartprofil mod venstre, hvid bluse med lysegrøn kant. Blå baggrund" (Ladies portrait. Half-length portrait, three-quarter profile to the left, white blouse with light green edge. Blue background), Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 93 x 73 cm. Literature: Preben Wilmann & Marianne Brøns: "Lundstrøm", Copenhagen 1987 (1977), no Exhibited: "Vilhelm Lundstrøms Mindeudstilling", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Rådhushallen, Aarhus and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 1951, cat. no. 109 Exhibited: "Vandreudstilling af dansk kunst i Jugoslavien", 1961; Poland, May 1961, cat. no. 92. Provenance: Mrs. Lis Bernhard Hansen, Copenhagen. Acquired directly from the artist and hence by descent in the family. Not previously offered for sale. Light, surface, equilibrium, harmony and monumentality are some of the words that are often mentioned when Vilhelm Lundstrøm s most iconic, classic and increasingly rare works from the 1930s are described. The emphasis on clarity can also be found in the artist s own statements: There has to be order between the image s various elements, and this order reveals itself, when all the lines and surfaces of colour are aligned in a specific and shared harmony... I for my part have the pronounced impression that there ARE things in nature - people, animals, etc. - that are so complex that they, through the eyes, are experienced as something unreasonable and unsightly. Something smooth, firm and round is, I think, direct and immediately beautiful. The eyes enjoy it in the same way as the ears appreciate pure notes (Quote from Otto Gelsted s Words by Vilhelm Lundstrøm, in cat. for the memorial exhibition 1951). The work offered here is an excellent example of how Lundstrøm, with Preben Wilmann s words, finds a way into the essence of a human being without departing from the principles on which his contemporary still lifes are based. Preben Wilmann quotes the painter Ejler Bille for an accurate characterization of Lundstrøm s portraits, which are not portraits that depict, but idols, archetypes or even Goddesses: When he paints a woman, he actually paints her in the same way as he would have painted a water jug. But since he also paints a water jug, as he would have painted a woman, this absurdity is removed. (P. P ). DKK 500, ,000 / 67,000-80, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

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39 CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. Øster Assels 1895, d. Skovshoved 1957 "Skrænt og skibe" (Cliff and ships), Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 80 x 86 cm. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,000-5, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

40 CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. Copenhagen 1893, d. s.p Still life with orange and two green fruits, c Signed on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 46 x 55 cm. Provenance: Arne Bruun Rasmussen, auction 195, Copenhagen, 1966, cat. no. 388, ill. p. 59. DKK 125, ,000 / 16,500-20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

41 816 Detail 816 CD AXEL POULSEN b. København 1887, d "Den første kærlighed" (The First Love). Signed Axel Poulsen White marble. H. 170 cm. The sculpture "The First Love" is Axel Poulsen's breakthrough piece, and it was a large part of the reason why Poulsen was awarded the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts' Eckersberg Medal in The work was created in Rome and the figures' slender limbs are clearly inspired by the early Italian renaissance and especially Donatello ( ), whom Axel Poulsen felt artistically akin to. Axel Poulsen shared his interest for the early renaissance with his contemporary colleague Einar Utzon-Frank ( ), who, however, to a greater degree was focused on the formal inspiration, while Axel Poulsen was interested in the universal human themes. A version of the motif - created in can be found in Copenhagen in the collection at the National Gallery of Denmark, and a version in plaster can be found in the collection at BRANDTS - Museum for Art and Visual Culture in Odense. DKK 400,000 / 53, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

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43 817 Verso 817 JENS ADOLF JERICHAU b. Roskilde 1890, d. Paris 1916 "Loke and Sigyn", Unsigned. Verso: "Den Hellige Georg og Drageløven" (Opus III) (The Holy George and the Dragon Lion), Oil on canvas. 112 x 138 cm. Troels Andersen: "The Academy of Fine Arts had as its theme for the Small Gold Medal in 1914, "Loki and Sigyn". Jerichau worked with the theme, but did not take part in the competition. He later painted on the back of the painting "The Holy George and the Dragon Lion (Opus III)", which he considered to be the most important of the two"". Literature: Klingen I, no. 1, 1917, ill. Literature: "Fortegnelse over skulptur, maleri og grafik i Erling Koefoeds samling" (Sculpture, painting and graphics in the collection of Erling Koefoed), Copenhagen, 1961, ill. p. 67. Literature: Troels Andersen: "Jens Adolf Jerichau", Copenhagen, 1983, no. 89 and 106, ill. p. 57 and p BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

44 817 Recto Exhibited: Separate Exhibition, Den Frie, Copenhagen, 1916, cat. no. 44. Exhibited: Jens Adolf Jerichau's auction, Den Frie, Copenhagen, 1916, cat. no. 76. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, Cope, 1919, cat. no. 45. Exhibited: Moderne Dansk Malerkunst, 1925, cat. no Exhibited: Kunststævnet in Forum, Copenhagen, 1929, cat. no Exhibited: "Et udvalg af skulptur, maleri og grafik fra Erling Koefoeds samling" (Sculpture, painting and graphics in the collection of Erling Koefoed), Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1966, cat. no. 55. Exhibited: "Et udvalg af skulptur, maleri og grafik fra Erling Koefoeds samling" (Sculpture, painting and graphics in the collection of Erling Koefoed), Esbjerg Kunstforening, 1966, cat. no. 55. Provenance: Arne Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, auction no. 5, Copenhagen, 1949, cat. no. 70. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

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46 CARL LARSSON b. Stockholm 1853, d. Falun 1919 "Ingrid och röda Liljan" (Ingrid and the red lily). Signed with monogram and dated Watercolour on paper. 70 x 50 cm. Literature: Ulwa Neergaard, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Carl Larsson no Literature: Carl Larsson, "Andras barn". 32 målninger med text af Carl Larsson", 1913 (Other people's children. 32 drawings with text by Carl Larsson). The portrait of Ingrid is ill. on one of the plates and titled "Ingrid E". Literature: Ulwa Neergaard, "Carl Larsson-Signeret med pensel og penna", 1999, vol. I, ill. in colours p Exhibited: Dresden, 1909, according to Ulwa Neergaard. Exhibited: "Exhibition of the work of modern Swedish artists at Public Art Galleries in Brighton", Brighton, April-July 1911, cat. no Exhibited: Helsingfors, 1913, cat. no. 15. Exhibited: "Carl Larsson. Det gode liv", Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, 2014, not in the catalogue. Ingrid was the daughter of Augusta Eriksson, the Larsson family's housekeeper and a close friend of the family. The young girl is standing in the parlour in Larssongården "Lilla Hyttnäs" in Sundborn. It was the family's favorite room, where they spend most of the time. It was the place where Carl Larsson worked. He called the room "lättjans tempel" the temple of relaxation. Ingrid is standing barefooted in her light summer dress and a smart hat with a blue ribbon on her head. She is standing next to a typical Swedish Gustavian piece of furniture. Carl Larsson has placed a crayfish on the table - a humorous detail. DKK 800,000-1,000,000 / 105, ,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

47 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p Mask in yellow, Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 70 x 56 cm. DKK 125,000 / 16, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

48 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p "Den røde Frier" (The Red Proposer), Molesmes Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 102 x 82 cm. DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

49 CD SVAVAR GUDNASON b. Hornafjord 1909, d. Reykjavik 1988 Composition, c Signed on the stretcher Svavar Gudnason. Oil on canvas. 73 x 60 cm. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

50 CD ERIK ORTVAD b. Frederiksberg 1917, d. Kvänjarp, Sweden 2008 Composition, Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 95 x 96 cm. Exhibited: Høstudstillingen, Copenhagen, 1947, cat. no DKK 50,000 / 6,700 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

51 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. Zürich 2006 Figure composition, Signed Appel '59. Mixed media on Arches paper. Sheet size 76 x 56 cm. Exhibited: "Fremmed Kunst i Dansk Eje" (Foreign Art in Danish Private Collections), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, Exhibited: "Karel Appel-udstillingen", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 854

52 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Juleglæde" (Christmas Joy), Signed Jorn. Acrylic on folio. 61 x 43 cm. Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. DKK 175,000 / 23,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

53 CD HENRY HEERUP b. Copenhagen 1907, d. s.p "Mariehønen" (Ladybird). Signed Heerup 1976; titled on the reverse. Oil on plywood. 78 x 168 cm. DKK 75,000 / 10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

54 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p "De firkantede" (The Square Ones), Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 100 x 73 cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: "Egill Jacobsen 2. Malerier ", Copenhagen, 1985, no. 1973/14. Exhibited: "Danske Facetter", arranged by Københavns Kommunes Kulturfond and Billedkunstnernes Forbund, Nikolaj Kirke, Copenhagen, Provenance: Steen Bjarnhof, Copenhagen. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

55 CD JEAN-MICHEL ATLAN b. Constantine 1913, d. Paris 1960 Fuglevæsen (Bird), Signed Atlan. Pastel and crayon on paper. 53 x 40 cm. Exhibited: Corner, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 1948, cat. no. 14 c. Provenance: Kunsthallen Kunstauktioner, auction no. 176, Copenhagen, 1951, cat. no DKK 50,000 / 6, CD EJLER BILLE b. Odder 1910, d Composition, Haut de Cagnes Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 84 x 60 cm. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1952, cat. no. 76. DKK 250,000 / 33, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

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57 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p Mask composition, Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 42 x 65 cm. DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10, CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p "Gyldent landskab med tårn" (Golden landscape with a tower), Ræveskiftet Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on masonite. 45 x 61 cm. DKK 60,000 / 8, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 854

58 CD ERIK ORTVAD b. Frederiksberg 1917, d. Kvänjarp, Sweden 2008 Composition, Helsjön Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 78 x 94 cm. Exhibited: "Erik Ortvad", exhibition at K.F.U.M. (YMCM building), Copenhagen, 1947, cat. no. 7. DKK 75,000 / 10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

59 832 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Damen fra Vrads" (The Lady from Vrads), Signed Jorn 51. Oil on masonite. 46 x 60 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Jorn in Scandinavia ", London, 1968, no. 697, ill. Provenance: Mrs. Kamma Madsen and Mr. and Mrs. Eduard and Ellen Jørgensen, Hotel Dania, Silkeborg. Acquired directly from the artist and not previously offered in public sale. Letter from the hotel owner Ellen Jorgensen is included: "In Asger Jorn's later years, he often stayed at Hotel Dania, Silkeborg. In connection with one of these stays he offers my husband, Eduard Jørgensen, the chance to purchase one of his paintings. My husband buys it while he is employed as a director. My husband buys the hotel from Mrs. Kamma Madsen in 1960, when the picture still hangs in our restaurant. Asger Jorn often comes for a visit in Silkeborg, and on one occasion he offers to buy back the picture at twice the purchasing price! But by then the picture was not for sale". The painting was created in connection with - and in its motif related to - the two earlier masterpieces and monumental series "Årstiderne" (The Seasons) ( ) and the series "Af den stumme myte" (On the Silent Myth) at Silkeborg Public Library. It was painted during and around the artist's stay at Silkeborg Sanatorium. Paintings from this period, often populated with the so-called 'Aganakker' - threatening or smiling animal creatures - are often described as a highlight of Jorn's Nordic painting, before he left Denmark. DKK 600,000 / 80, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

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61 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p "Drager" (Kites), Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 37 x 53 cm. Exhibited: Esbjerg Kunstforening, 1981, cat. no. 50. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK 60,000 / 8, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

62 CD JEAN-MICHEL ATLAN b. Constantine 1913, d. Paris 1960 Petite Cocotte. Signed Atlan 55. Oil on cardboard laid down on masonite. 46 x 38 cm. Provenance: Galerie Ariel, Paris. DKK 50,000 / 6,700 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

63 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 Composition. Signed Jorn 71. Acrylic on paper. 49 x 40 cm. Exhibited: "De skjulte Cobraer", Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark, cat. no DKK 100,000 / 13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

64 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Drømmebillede No. 6 - Flyvende tallerken" (Dream painting- Flying saucer), Signed Jorn; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 46 x 55 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Asger Jorn: The crucial years: ", London, 1977, no. 890, ill. DKK 250, ,000 / 33,500-40,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

65 CD CORNEILLE b. Liège 1922, d "Visages d'afrique". Signed Corneille 78; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on canvas. 80 x 80 cm. Exhibited: Musée d'arras, France. DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

66 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p "Stigen" (The Ladder), Molesmes Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 102 x 82 cm. DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

67 839 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Uden titel" (Untitled), Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 100 x 69 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Jorn in Scandinavia ", London, 1968, no. 450, ill. Provenance: The collection of Ole Reimer, Copenhagen. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. In the summer of 1944, Asger Jorn lives with art collector Elna Fonnesbech-Sandberg in Tibirke. Elna Fonnesbech-Sandberg's nickname is "Dida", and during this period Asger Jorn signs a series of watercolours with the signature "ASKA". This leads to the term "Didaska Images", describing a number of paintings created primarily in But variations on the theme can also be found in works from 1946, where the painting in question is from. The Didaska images typically show two bird-figures in an intimate relationship or interwoven, and the motif has obviously been interpreted as a symbol of the erotic attraction between Asger Jorn and Elna Fonnesbech-Sandberg. In this strongly lit and highly picturesque composition, two upright bird creatures materialize in the impetuous brushstrokes - especially when the gaze is focused on faces and eyes at the top of the image. Virtus Schade describes the years as 'The time of the Didaskas': "(...) Typical for the Didaska images in the large format was that the strong colours gathered in the centre of the image around figures, one or more, and that the background which limited them was billowing, coloured lines, broad strokes that went all the way around the figures. They were not in the strictest sense background, but an extra frame for the figures. The room had disappeared also meant a return to the pattern. The image became a kaleidoscope of small, coloured bits of painting in a larger, complete form (...) "(Virtus Schade:" Asger Jorn - A world renown Danish artist", Copenhagen, 1965, p. 46). DKK 600, ,000 / 80, , BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

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69 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. Zürich 2006 Figure composition. Signed Appel. Acrylic on canvas. 65 x 50 cm. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK 100,000 / 13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

70 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p "Stående fugl" (Standing Bird), Molesmes Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 102 x 82 cm. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

71 Erik Thommesen A collection of works by Erik Thommesen Lot. no

72 CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d "Mand og kvinde" (Man and Woman). Signed Erik Bog oak. H. 16 cm. Literature: Henning Jørgensen: "Værkfortegnelse" (List of works) in "Billedhuggeren Erik Thommesen" (The sculptor Erik Thommesen), Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik & Bornholms Kunstmuseum, 2001, cat. no. 176, ill. p DKK 75,000 / 10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

73 CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d Self portrait. Signed Erik Pencil on paper. Visible size 34 x 27 cm. Illustrated on an invitation from Art dealer Thorkild Hansen, April 7, 1945 (together with Else Alfelt). Provenance: Art dealer Gerda Thorkild Hansen. DKK 10,000 / 1, CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d "Kvinde" (Woman). Signed Erik Oak wood. H. 23 cm. Literature: Henning Jørgensen: "Værkfortegnelse" (List of Works) in "Billedhuggeren Erik Thommesen" (The sculptor Erik Thommesen), Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, & Bornholms Kunstmuseum, 2001, cat DKK 75,000 / 10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

74 CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d "Kvinde med fletninger" (Woman with braids). Signed Erik Oak wood. H. 40,5 cm. Literature: Poul Vad: "Erik Thommesen", Copenhagen, 1964, pl. 18, ill. Literature: Henning Jørgensen: "Værkfortegnelse" (List of works) in "Billedhuggeren Erik Thommesen" (The sculptor Erik Thommesen), Holstebro Kunst museum, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik & Bornholms Kunstmuseum, 2001, cat. no. 89a, ill. p Provenance: Merchant P. T. Nielsen. Acquired directly from the artist Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

75 CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d Composition. Sketch for a sculpture. Signed Erik Pencil on paper. Sheet size 24 x 19 cm. DKK 10,000 / 1, CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d "Mand" (Man). Signed Erik Bog oak. H. 17 cm. Literature: Poul Vad: "Erik Thommesen", Copenhagen, 1964, Pl. 15, ill. Literature: Henning Jørgensen: "Værkfortegnelse" (List of Works) in "Billedhuggeren Erik Thommesen" (The sculptor Erik Thommesen), Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense & Bornholms Kunstmuseum, 2001, cat. 96, ill. p DKK 60,000 / 8, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857

76 CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d "Kvinde" (Woman). Signed Erik Oak wood. H. 52,5 cm. Literature: Poul Vad: "Erik Thommesen", Copenhagen, 1964, pl. 25. Literature: Henning Jørgensen: "Værkfortegnelse" (List of Works) in "Billedhuggeren Erik Thommesen" (The sculptor Erik Thommesen), Holstebro Kunstmuseum, Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense & Bornholms Kunstmuseum, 2001, cat. 108, ill. fig. 22 p. 46. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

77 Jørn Utzon s Collection Lot. no At this auction we present works from Jørn Utzon s private art collection from his home in Hellebæk north of Copenhagen. The collection reflects the world-famous Danish architect s special eye for the greatest artists of his time, including Le Corbusier, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, Henri Laurens, Pablo Picasso and Asger Jorn. Le Corbusier s Tapestry One of the collection s highlights is a tapestry by Le Corbusier from 1960 entitled Les dés sont jetés (The dice are cast). It was made while Utzon and Corbusier collaborated on the interior of the Sydney Opera House. In a letter from 4 October 1960 the Utzon couple wrote a heartfelt greeting to Corbusier: For quite some time we have intended to write to you again in order to tell you how extremely happy we are for your wonderful tapestry. It is a daily source of delight and beauty not only for ourselves and our children but for all our friends and guests, too. It has endowed our home with a beauty so exquisite that I am at a loss for the proper words to describe our feelings about it. ( ) From Great French Artists to Asger Jorn Utzon was greatly inspired by French art, and he purchased works by Georges Braque and Fernand Léger for his private collection. Among the items up for auction you can also find a clay figure by Henri Laurens, which the Utzon couple was given by the artist himself. Pablo Picasso was also a source of great fascination for the Danish architect, and there are several Picasso-works in the collection, including graphic works and a beautiful ceramic pitcher, Pichet gothique aux oiseaux, from Utzon s collection also contains Danish art. Asger Jorn, for instance, gave Utzon 16 lithographs from his Anniversary Series (1963), because Utzon had designed an extension of the art museum in Silkeb org, which was to house the works of Jorn. All of the lithographs are up for auction. The Architect Jørn Utzon Jørn Utzon ( ) graduated as an architect in His career gathered momentum, when he in 1957 won the international architectural competition for the Sydney Opera House. The next several years he worked on the century s most famous building, and everything went according to plan until the change of government in Australia in The opera house s exterior was finished, and Jørn Utzon was about to begin work on the interior. He had plans to decorate the opera with tapestries by Le Corbusier. But the new governing party in the Australian parliament wanted the building finished quickly and cheaply. Therefore, they suspended the payments to Jørn Utzon, who withdrew from the construction in Australian architects completed the construction, and the Sydney Opera House was completed in 1973 without Utzon s stamp on the interior design and the planned decorations by Le Corbusier. In 2003 Jørn Utzon received, as the first Dane, the Nobel Prize for architecture, the Pritzker Architec ture Prize. In the statement accompanying the award the president of the jury, Lord Rothschild, referen ced Utzon s talent in general and the Sydney Opera House in particular. The building was included on the UNESCO World Heritage list in the year before Utzon died at the age of BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 857