Modern art + design. International auction 831

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1 Modern art + design International auction 831

2 M o D ern art + D e S ign International auction 831 auction September 2012 preview Thursday 13 September 3 pm - 6 pm Friday 14 September 11 am - 5 pm Saturday 15 September 11 am - 4 pm Sunday 16 September 11 am - 4 pm Monday 17 September 11 am - 5 pm or by special appointment Bredgade 33 DK-1260 Copenhagen K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.dk

3 S pec ialists in M o D ern art and D e S ign Paintings, sculptures and prints niels raben nra@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings, sculptures and prints niels Boe Hauggaard nbh@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings, sculptures and prints Kathrine eriksen ke@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings and design peter Beck aarhus pb@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design peter Tholstrup aarhus pt@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings and design Frederik Bruun rasmussen fbr@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design peter Kjelgaard pkj@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design ole ravn olr@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design amalie Hansen amh@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings and design anna B. widenborg awi@bruun-rasmussen.dk Silver and public relations alexa Bruun rasmussen alexa@bruun-rasmussen.dk Q-park offers Bruun Rasmussen clients a 50% discount when parking at the Dr. Tværgade garage. Discount tickets are available at the catalog sale and not to be used until exit. Q-Park tilbyder Bruun Rasmussens kunder 50% rabat ved parkering i garagen på Dronningens Tværgade 4. Rabatbillet rekvireres ved Bruun Rasmussens katalogsalg og benyttes først ved udkørsel.

4 D ays o F S ale F ine art + ant iques Tuesday 18 September 5 pm paintings Wednesday 19 September 2 pm Furniture, bronzes and clocks Silver and porcelain Carpets Thursday 20 September 4 pm Jewellery and wristwatches M o D ern art + D e S ign Tuesday 25 September 5 pm Modern paintings and sculptures ove Højgaard andersen an art collection Wednesday 26 September 2 pm Modern paintings, sculptures and prints Silver and ceramics Thursday 27 September 5 pm Finn Juhl 100 years Modern furniture and design D ead line F or C laim ing it e MS: 10 octo B er Items bought at Auction 831 must be paid no later than eight days from the date of the invoice and claimed on Bredgade 33 by Wednesday 10 October 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.

5 auktionskalend er F ine art + ant iques Tirsdag Onsdag 18. september kl. 17 Malerier september kl. 14 Møbler, bronzer og ure Sølv og porcelæn Tæpper Torsdag 20. september kl. 16 Smykker og armbåndsure M o D ern art + D e S ign Tirsdag Onsdag 25. september kl. 17 Moderne malerier og skulpturer ove Højgaard andersen en kunstsamling september kl. 14 Moderne malerier, skulpturer og grafik Sølv og keramik Torsdag 27. september kl. 17 Finn Juhl 100 år Moderne møbler og design S i DSTe F rist F or afhent ning: 10. okto B er Effekter købt på auktion 831 skal være betalt senest 8 dage efter fakturadatoen og afhentet i Bredgade 33 senest onsdag den 10. oktober. 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.

6 M o D erne K unst + D e S ign International auktion 831 aukt ion september 2012 e FTerS yn Torsdag 13. september kl kl. 18 Fredag 14. september kl kl. 17 lørdag 15. september kl kl. 16 Søndag 16. september kl kl. 16 Mandag 17. september kl kl. 17 Danske katalogtekster kan ses på bruun-rasmussen.dk Bredgade København K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.dk

7 Malerisk kvalitet og kompromisløst design Bruun rasmussens moderne afdeling står denne gang for ikke mindre end tre kataloger. ud over dette primære katalog sættes der i to yderligere kataloger fokus på henholdsvis ove Højgaard andersens enestående kunstsamling og på 60 udsøgte møbler af arkitekten Finn Juhl i anledning af 100-året for hans fødsel. i dette katalog er CoBra flot repræsenteret med bl.a. 14 værker af asger Jorn. i front ses le sorcier, ii (en mandlig heks), der med sin titel og skildrede figur utvivlsomt relaterer til opførelsen af digtet le Streghe (heksene) i den italienske by albisola, hvor Jorn og andre udklædte kunstnere deltog. værket blev til i 1957 en brydningstid, hvor Jorn orienterer sig mod et keramisk udtryk. Med sin glasuragtige overflade leder maleriet da også tanken hen på hovedværket fra perioden det keramiske relief til aarhus Katedralskole (kat.nr. 619). Moderne kunst har mange ansigter, og Kurt Trampedachs tre selvportrætter inkarnerer hans gennemgående eksistentielle temaer og alsidige billedsprog (kat.nr. 638, 646 og 655). portrættet står også som andy warhol foretrukne genre, og for rock n roll-tilhængerne byder auktionen på mulighed for at gå derfra i selskab med rolling Stones legendariske frontfigur Mick Jagger (kat.nr. 893). eller hvad med warhols parafrase over Botticellis berømte og højtelskede renæssanceværk venus fødsel, der hænger i uffizierne i Firenze (kat.nr. 894)? Kubisme, ekspressionisme og futurisme møder hinanden i ét og samme værk. Manden bag gasværkshavnen fra er anton Hansen, der befandt sig i periferien af den danske kunstscene i mellemkrigsårene. Med sit stærke billedsprog og sociale indignation står værket som et væsentlig bidrag til periodens kunst (kat.nr. 606). i katalogets anden del findes sølv, kunsthåndværk og danske møbelklassikere. Blandt højdepunkterne ses det nærmest arkitektoniske cocktailsæt i overdimensioneret størrelse med tilhørende bakke. Det er formgivet af den funktionalistiske arkitekt Kay Fisker og udført hos a. Michelsen (kat.nr. 940). Hans J. wegner er særdeles eftertragtet i disse år, og flere af hans møbler har sat varige spor i den internationale designhistorie. auktionen byder på en række af hans mest sjældne modeller, som er formgivet i første halvdel af 1950 erne og udført hos wegners faste samarbejdspartner snedkermester Johannes Hansen (kat.nr. 1132, 1134, 1135 og 1168). vi bevæger os også længere tilbage i møbelhistorien med et stærkt opbud af 1930 erne og 40 ernes design fra tidens modernistiske arkitekter som f.eks. Flemming og Mogens lassen. Heriblandt sidstnævntes fine Ægypter-arbejdsbord, der blev udført på bestilling af den folkekære tegner Christel Marott, som gennem fem årtier berigede alverdens magasiner og ungpigebøger med sin karakteristiske streg (kat.nr. 1152). velkommen til efterårsauktion i Bredgade! Jesper Bruun rasmussen

8 Pictorial quality and uncompromising design This autumn, the modern department at Bruun rasmussen presents three catalogues. in addition to this main catalogue, there are two catalogues: one which focuses on ove Højgaard andersen s unique art collection, and the other on 60 exquisite pieces of furniture by the architect Finn Juhl, celebrating his 100th birthday. This catalogue introduces an impressive collection of CoBra works, including 14 pictures by asger Jorn. leading the way, is le sorcier, ii (a male witch) whose title, as well as the figure depicted, hints at the performance of the poem le Streghe (the witches) in the italian town of albisola, during which Jorn and fellow artists dressed up and participated. The painting was created in 1957 a time of unrest and upheaval when Jorn leans towards ceramic expression. The glazed surface of the painting is a clear reminder of his major work from that period the ceramic relief made for aarhus Katedralskole (lot 619). Modern art has many faces, and Kurt Trampedach s three self-portraits unify his recurring, existential motifs and versatile imagery (lot 638, 646 and 655). portraiture is also andy warhol s preferred genre, and here we have two fine examples. rock n roll fans will have the opportunity to leave the auction accompanied by the legendary rolling Stones front man, Mick Jagger (lot 893). or for the rest, how about warhol s paraphrase of Botticelli s famous and beloved renaissance picture Birth of venus which hangs in the uffizi gallery in Florence (lot 894)? Cubism, expressionism, and futurism are joined in a single painting in gasværkshavnen, from The man behind the painting is anton Hansen, who was working at the periphery of the Danish artistic scene during the inter-war period. The strong imagery and social indignation depicted in the picture make it an important contribution to the art of the period (lot 606). The second part of this catalogue contains silver, arts and craft, and Danish furniture classics. one of the highlights is the architectonic, oversized silver cocktail set with accompanying tray. The set was designed by the functionalistic architect Kay Fisker and produced by a. Michelsen (lot 940). Hans J. wegner has been in high demand in recent years. Several of his pieces of furniture have left indelible traces on international design history. we are offering a number of his most rare models, designed in the first half of the 1950 s, and made by wegner s regular collaborator, cabinetmaker Johannes Hansen (lot 1132, 1134, 135 and 1168). we are also moving further back in furniture history with a wide variety of designs from the 1930 s and 1940 s by modernist architects of that time such as Flemming and Mogens lassen. an example is a fine egyptian Table by Mogens lassen, which was made to order for the popular illustrator Christel Marott, who for five decades illustrated magazines and books for young girls in her characteristic style (lot 1152). welcome to the autumn auction in Bredgade! Jesper Bruun rasmussen

9 Cat.no. 638: Kurt Trampedach

10 MODERN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES Tuesday 25 September 5 pm Lot

11 CD HANS SCHERFIG b. Copenhagen 1905, d. Fredensborg 1979 Mandrill and baboon in the jungle. Signed Scherfig Tempera on board. 51 x 66 cm. DKK 50,000-75,000 / 6,750-10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

12 CD HANS SCHERFIG b. Copenhagen 1905, d. Fredensborg 1979 Elephant in the jungle. Signed Scherfig Tempera on masonite. 33 x 62 cm. DKK 40,000 / 5,400 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

13 CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. Øster Assels 1895, d. Skovshoved 1957 "Skrænt ved havet" (Cliffs by the sea). Signed Jens Søndergaard 36 and titled on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 82 x 87 cm. DKK 30,000 / 4, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

14 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 "Fra Mykineshólmur" (From Mykineshólmur), the Faroe Islands. Signed S. J-Mikines. Oil on canvas. 62 x 80 cm. DKK 50,000 / 6,750 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

15 CD SVEN HAVSTEEN-MIKKELSEN b. Argentina 1912, d Sunset over the mountains, Greenland. Signed SHM. Oil on canvas. 97 x 162 cm. DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

16 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 "Sommernat" (Summer night), Gudhjem. Signed OH 35; signed and titled on a label on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 81 x 100 cm. Exhibited: "Mindeudstilling for Oluf Høst", Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk DKK 125,000 / 17,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

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18 CD JOHANNES S. KJARVAL b. Efri-Ey 1885, d Landscape with a geyser, Iceland. Signed Joh. S. Kjarval. Oil on canvas. 92 x 128 cm. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,400-6, CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 Scenery from Bognemark, Gudhjem. Signed twice O.H. Oil on canvas. 89 x 146 cm. DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27, CD JOHANNES S. KJARVAL b. Efri-Ey 1885, d Landscape, Iceland. Signed and dated J. S. Kjarval Oil on canvas. 80 x 98 cm. DKK 60,000 / 8,050 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

19 606 CD ANTON HANSEN b. Vedskølle, Herfølge 1891, d "Gasværkshavnen" (The Gas Works Harbour), c Signed Anton Hansen. Oil on canvas. 90 x 90 cm. Literature: Ekstra Bladet, September 3, Drawing with similar motive ill. under the headline "Kullene" (The Charcoal) and with a verse signed 'Jacob Ærlig'. Literature: Hanne Abildgaard: "Anton Hansen - Mellemkrigstidens sorte satiriker", Copenhagen 2001, ill. p Literature: Mikael Wivel: "Dansk kunst i det 20. århundrede", Copenhagen 2008, ill. and mentioned p Provenance: Carl Clausen's collection, his auction at Odd Fellow Palæet, Copenhagen, October 1930, cat. no. 38. DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13,500 The work Gasværkshavnen (The Gas Works Harbour) is one of the few known examples of Anton Hansen s painterly contribution to early Danish modernism. Hansen was on the periphery of the modernist art scene, which was particularly dynamic and experimental in and around He exhibited at the Artists Autumn Exhibition (KE) in 1918, at which Vilhelm Lundstrøm s Pakkassebilleder (packing box pictures) derived success from scandal, and knew artists such as Olaf Rude, Jais Nielsen and William Scharff, whose cubist experiments he admired. A painting such as Gasværkshavnen stands out from the work of his peers, primarily through its social indignation, but Hansen seemed to have neither the urge nor the encouragement to continue along the path of painting. Of Anton Hansen s works in relation to the other modernists at the Artists Autumn Exhibition in 1918, Mikael Wivel writes: (...) The style may have been related, but it had far more substance. The figuration was naive, the simplification cubist and the dynamics expressionist - not to mention futuristic. In this respect, a painting such as Havnen (the work up for auction here) is extremely characteristic of his efforts (...). It is dynamically constructed as a sort of painted collage that gradually comes together to tell the story of the toil underlying the energy which ensures that the wheels can rotate and the sparks fly. Hansen gets right down to the basic forces in society, and he displays them with both humour and passion, but also with a certain expressive naivety verging on Robert Storm Petersens. 18 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

20 606 Kranen synger Dagen lang med Pift og Fløjt sin hæse Sang og graadigt slaar den Kloen ned i Lastens sorte Hul og hiver saa en stor Dragt Kul op over Løbebroen Solens Glød fra Urtidsaar med Damper over Havet gaar trods Krigens Gru og Jammer og tænder over denne By fra Aftenmulm til Gyldengry ti Tusind spæde Flammer. Jacob Ærlig, Ekstra Bladet, September 3, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

21 CD RICHARD MORTENSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. Kirke Hyllinge 1993 "Portrait of Cézanne (Odense)", April Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 62 x 42 cm. Literature: Jan Würtz Frandsen: "Richard Mortensen. Afklaringens År Besættelse og rekonstruktion", fig. 31, ill. p. 36. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

22 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 Happy Mask, Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 46 x 44 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Jorn in Scandinavia , no. 280, ill. Provenance: Poul Henningsen, Copenhagen. Acquired directly from the artist. Provenance: Henry Schmidt, Copenhagen. DKK 175,000 / 23,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

23 609 CD REINHOUD D'HAESE b. Geraadsbergen 1928, d Standing figure. Unsigned. Patinated copper on a base of lithographic stone. H. incl. base 54 cm. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,400-6, CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 Fantasy Animal. Signed Jorn 46, Saxnäs. Oil on masonite. 33 x 25 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Jorn in Scandinavia ", no. 469, ill. p Provenance: The artist Niels Wedel, Orust, Sweden. Acquired directly from Asger Jorn and hence by descent in the family. Not previously offered for sale. Just as Asger Jorn, Swedish artist Nils Adolf Wedel ( ) was early in his career oriented towards Modernism within French art. From he studied under Othon Friesz at Académie Moderne in Paris, a period in which he met Fernand Léger. The encounter with the marked simplicity of Léger's art became a turning point in the development of Wedel's own idiom and he later described his introduction to Cubism as the most seminal experience in his life. 22 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

24 610 Years later, 17-year-old Asger Jorn followed in the same track when in 1936 he travelled to Paris where he defined the future of his artistic career as a student at Léger's Académie Contemporaine. Jorn and Wedel's road 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. The three paintings currently on auction all originate 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 DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

25 CD MOGENS BALLE b. Copenhagen 1921, d. Asminderup 1988 "Tale gennem farve" (Speech through colour). Signed M.B. 67. Oil on canvas. 81 x 100 cm. Exhibited: Galerie F 15, Norway. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

26 CD PIERRE ALECHINSKY b. Bruxelles 1927 "C'est ma foi vrai", Signed Alechinsky; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 46 x 38 cm. Provenance: Galerie Brich, Copenhagen. DKK 125,000 / 17,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

27 CD SHINKICHI TAJIRI b. Los Angeles 1923 Sculpture. Stamped Tajiri 67. Patinated bronze. H. 132 cm. DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

28 CD CORNEILLE b. Liège 1922, d "Le soleil prisonnier de l'eau". Signed on the reverse Corneille 58. Oil on canvas. 80 x 70 cm. Exhibited: "Paris 1959", Galerie Blanche, Stockholm Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1971, cat. no. 32. Provenance: Galerie H. le Gendre, Paris. The period from the mid-1950s to around 1962 is Corneille's most lyrical and painterly phase, in contrast to the early CoBrA years, and the works of later years in which the figuration takes centre stage. The motifs often revolve around the sun, but not in a traditional landscape structure with a foreground, horizon and sky. During this period, Corneille worked by painting from all four corners of a level canvas, making for an almost landscapelike vue from a distant, fictional perspective. DKK 250,000 / 33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

29 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p "Maske i grønt landskab" (Mask in Green Landscape), 1962; signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 65 x 46 cm. DKK 125,000 / 17, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

30 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d Colourful mask. Signed Appel. Oil on canvas. 81 x 60 cm. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK 300, ,000 / 40,500-54,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

31 CD CHRISTIAN DOTREMONT b. Tervuren 1922, d. Buizingen 1979 "Et cætera, dit le début. Ex nihilis, dit la fin". Signed Dotremont 78. Indian ink on paper. Sheet size 52 x 41 cm. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

32 CD SONJA FERLOV MANCOBA b. Copenhagen 1911, d. Paris 1984 "A l'écoute du silence. Tilegnet Steingrim Laursen" (Hearing Stillness. Dedicated to Steingrim Laursen), Signed SM III/VI. Foundry stamp LJ cire perdue. Bronze. H. 29,5 cm. L. 34 cm. Literature: Anne Christiansen, Folke Kjems og Nina Hobolth (ed): "Sonja Ferlov Mancoba - Skulpturer/Sculptures", Holstebro 2003, fig. 74, ill. p DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

33 619 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Le sorcier, II", Signed Jorn. Oil on canvas. 104 x 71 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Asger Jorn. The crucial years: ", no. 1062, ill. p Exhibited: Kunsthalle, Basel. Exhibited: "Sommerudstilling", Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark, 1983, ill. in colours in the exhibition catalogue. Provenance: Galerie Krugier, Geneve (label on the reverse). "Le sorcier, II" was painted in the period between Jorn's establishment in Paris and Albisola in , and his return home as a celebrated artist with his monumental relief for Aarhus Katedralskole in The title may relate to an event in the Italian potters' colony Albisola, where Jorn and a group of other artists took part in a dramatic performance of the poem "Le Streghe" (the witches) in A procession of costumed characters - masked witches - danced through the town to the accompaniment of music, culminating in a moonlit witch burning on the beach. In terms of its composition and materials, the connection to Albisola - and the main work, the large-scale ceramic relief in Aarhus - is also very much in evidence. During this period, the interplay between Jorn's ceramic expression and his painting becomes generally more pronounced. He experiments by mixing foreign elements, such as sand, in the colour. "Le sorcier, II" predominantly consists of pure oil colour, but the expression nevertheless has something murallike about it, as the figures and colours sparkle like glazes on a raw, textural background. In the mid-1950s, Jorn spoke of French artist Jean Dubuffet as the most important painter of the day and, in 1955, they took part in the same exhibition at Galerie Rive Gauche in Paris. Particularly in the 50s, Dubuffet epitomised the cultivation of the painting's subject and surface - often in strong, frontal figure paintings. An approach reflected to a certain extent in this work by Jorn. DKK 1,200,000 / 160, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

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35 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p Mask, Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 65 x 46 cm. DKK 75,000 / 10, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

36 CD HENRY HEERUP b. Copenhagen 1907, d. s.p Man and woman. Signed Heerup 51. Oil on rough canvas. 99 x 100 cm. DKK 80, ,000 / 11,000-13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

37 CD LUCEBERT b. Amsterdam 1924, d "Kinderfeest", Signed Lucebert; titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 51 x 65 cm DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,400-6, CD EUGÈNE BRANDS b. Amsterdam 1913 "A Boy's Portrait", Signed Brands. Oil on canvas. 50 x 65 cm. DKK 25,000-30,000 / 3,350-4, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

38 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p "Kosmisk skov II " (Cosmic Forest II), Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 100 x 73 cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: "Egill Jacobsen 3", ill. p DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

39 CD CORNEILLE b. Liège 1922, d "Adam au paradis perdu". Signed Corneille 63; signed and titled on the reverse. 50 x 33 cm. DKK 60,000-80,000 / 8,050-11, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

40 CD PIERRE ALECHINSKY b. Bruxelles 1927 "Crochet", Signed Alechinsky; signed, titled and dated on the stretcher. Acrylic on paper laid down on canvas. 105 x 66 cm. DKK 200,000 / 27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

41 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p "Maske i brunt" (Mask in brown), 1974; signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 66 x 42 cm. DKK 100,000 / 13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

42 CD EJLER BILLE b. Odder 1910, d "Dyrefabel" (Animal fable), Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 75 x 65 cm. Provenance: The Hans Bendix Collection, Copenhagen. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

43 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p "Den blå drøm" (The Blue Dream), Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 116 x 89 cm. DKK 200, ,000 / 27,000-33, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

44 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d Composition, c Signed Appel. Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 cm. DKK 300, ,000 / 40,500-47,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

45 CD PIERRE ALECHINSKY b. Bruxelles 1927 Composition. Signed Alechinsky Watercolour on paper. Sheet size 27 x 44 cm. DKK 60,000 / 8, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

46 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p "Brindavan II", 1977; signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 116 x 89 cm. DKK 200, ,000 / 27,000-33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

47 633 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Pastorale vuluptueuse or Child's Play", Signed Jorn; signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 130 x 130 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Asger Jorn. The crucial years ", Copenhagen 1977, no (dated here 1960). Exhibited: "Asger Jorn-Retrospective exhibition", Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover 1973, cat. no. 44, ill. full page in colours p. 85. Provenance: Lefebre Gallery, New York. Lars Morell writes about the painting: "'Child's Play' was undoubtedly inspired by children's drawings, but has been executed with the sublime mastery of the tools by the born artist. Jorn's brush moves up and down, to and from or round and round. First one way and then the other. There's nothing he can't do, and he's willing to do it all. 'Child's Play' has not been painted with an impressionist ductus, nor an expressionist one, and you could hardly call it informal. All manner of brush strokes have been given free rein. The nonchalant use of the painting materials - the earthy colours and the spectral colours mixed together - shows just what an unsurpassed painter Jorn was - and that we actually have yet to discover it. As always with Jorn, the title is meant ironically, and 'Child's Play' is anything but child's play. In the 1950s, Jorn's pictures were often based on his chaotic family life, and the sparks are flying between the smiling blue woman at the bottom and the energetic yellow figure at the top with the drawn half-moon above it - probably a self-portrait. Asger Jorn was a whirlwind". DKK 1,200,000-1,500,000 / 160, , BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

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49 634 CD JEAN DEYROLLE b. Nogent-sur-Marne 1911, d. Toulon 1967 "Amarin", Gordes 1955, opus 433. Signed J. Deyrolle. Tempera on canvas. 81 x 65 cm. Literature: Georges Richar-Rivier: "Deyrolle Catalogue raisonné oeuvre peint ", no , ill. p Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1956, cat. no. 53. Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1968, cat. no. 35. Provenance: Formerly in the collection of music publisher Svend Wilhelm Hansen, Copenhagen. DKK 40,000 / 5, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

50 CD PREBEN HORNUNG b. Valby 1919, d. Frederiksberg 1989 "Atelierbillede" (Atelier painting), July Signed monogram; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 79 x 112 cm. DKK 50,000-60,000 / 6,750-8, CD LYNN CHADWICK b. London 1914, d "Pair of cloaked figures". Stamped C 76, 742, 2/8. Bronze. H. 25. (2) Literature: Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick: "Lynn Chadwick Sculptor", fig DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

51 637 CD PER KIRKEBY b. Copenhagen 1938 Composition, Læsø Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 200 x 110 cm. Unframed. Motif-wise and by virtue of its format, the work up for auction is closely related to the artist's series of 'Nature Morte' paintings from In Kirkeby's work, 'Nature Morte' is never merely a trivial genre designation, but rather a very specific prediction. With Kirkeby, nature is anything but frozen stagnation; it is something in progress, transformation and degradation. Neither is Kirkeby's painting a cursory look at the landscape, but rather a deep archaeological dig beneath the surface. Kirkeby finds the term 'colourism' highly problematical and superficial in relation to his art, yet colour is a key focal point in his work: "(...) The colour means something, more than decoration. The colour says something, has a content of a kind that is difficult to pin down, and that, of course, is precisely the point of doing a painting". DKK 400, ,000 / 54,000-80, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

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53 638 CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b. Hillerød 1943 "Jeg gik mig over sø og land" (I travelled over Land and Sea), c Signed Trampedach, Pays Basque. Executed at Broome Street, New York. Oil on canvas. 296 x 248 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner. Not previously offered for sale. Monumental paintings from Kurt Trampedach's New Yorker years are something of a rarity on the Danish art market, as the majority of these works were exhibited and sold through Allan Stone Gallery in New York. "Jeg gik mig over sø og land" (I travelled over sea and land) refers quite literally to the shift in Kurt Trampedach's life and art which occurred around the time of his move to the French Basque Country in 1980, and as a result of the even greater distance he placed between himself and Denmark when he left for New York in His paintings of that period - this one included - mark a new start in Trampedach's career - mentally, motif-wise and in terms of his use of colour, which now becomes intense and glowing. The work up for auction offers a double vision, with a physical effect on the beholder due to its sizable dimensions. In the depth (and looked at from a distance) is a retrospective, thoughtful character, who insistently seeks the beholder's gaze over his shoulder. In the foreground (seen close up) figure and architecture studies as well as texts with reference to the artist's new surroundings and world of motifs in the Basque Country appear: the house in Sare (Sara), the mountain La Rhune (Larrun), New [York], animals and people. An immensely personal account of his travels through time and continents. DKK 400,000 / 54, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

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55 CD NADIR AFONSO b. Chaves 1920 "Place Barroque". Signed Nadir Afonso 70; titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 75 x 89 cm. Literature: "Nadir Afonso - Aesthetic Synthesis", Selected Artists Galleries Inc., New York and Edition Galeria Alvarez, Oporto 1974, ill. p. 34 (catalogue enclosed). Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

56 CD VICTOR VASARELY b. Pecs 1908, d. Paris 1997 Composition, c Unsigned. Gouache, pencil and collage on paper laid down on cardboard. Visible size 55 x 37 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Denmark. Gift from the artist directly to the former owner, by descent in the family. The work is registered in the archives of Michele Vasarely to be part of the forthcoming catalogue raisonné. DKK 40,000 / 5,400 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

57 CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 "Kiss my nipples", 1975; Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on canvas. 61 x 76 cm. Provenance: Galerie Nord, Randers, Denmark. DKK 150,000 / 20, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

58 CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 "I love you", Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on canvas. 61 x 76 cm. Provenance: Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

59 CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 "Think you", 1986; Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on canvas. 40 x 51 cm. DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13, CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 "I love dream", 1986; Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on canvas. 40 x 51 cm. DKK 75, ,000 / 10,000-13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

60 CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 "Love me?", Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Acrylic on canvas. 53 x 71 cm. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

61 646 CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b. Hillerød 1943 "Selvportræt, siddende" (Self portrait, seated). Signed Kurt Trampedach 75. Oil and acrylic on board. 198 x 300 cm. Literature: Mikael Wivel: "Kurt Trampedach", Copenhagen 2001, fig. 81, ill. in colours on double page. Sold at the request of SKAT (Tax, customs and duties in Denmark). "Selvportræt, siddende" (self-portrait, seated) from 1975 is a monumental masterpiece from the first part of Kurt Trampedach's career. The work is a continuation of his figure paintings and self-portraits on a dark background from the early 70s, and yet it points towards the more open, picturesque and textural possibilities in his later production. The painting balances between - and elegantly unites - classic, illusionistic figure painting with non-figurative, surface-oriented abstraction. On the right, the artist emerges from the darkness, his cigarette glowing, in spatial chiaroscuro from a surface that otherwise resembles an expressionist painting. The surface of the painting contains rudimentary paintings, drawings and scribblings - the beginnings of something that is then left unfinished or something he regretted. An attempt has even been made to obscure with green the artist's yellow signature, apparently slapdashedly placed like a 'tag' on a wall on the left. The work seems to portray the artist's (and the beholder's) realm of opportunities and the existential, human uncertainty that comes with having a choice. DKK 300, ,000 / 40,500-54, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

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63 CD RAINER FETTING b. Wilhelmschaffen 1949 "Pfirsche", Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Marked on the reverse G 148. Oil on canvas. 160 x 200 cm. Sold at the request of SKAT (Tax, customs and duties in Denmark). DKK 100,000 / 13, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

64 CD ROBERT JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1912, d. Egtved 1993 Concrete sculpture. Unsigned. Black painted iron. H. 152 cm. L. 76 cm. D. 75 cm. DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

65 CD GIO POMODORO b. 1930, d Sculpture. Signed Gio Pomodoro 64, 1/6. Polished bronze. H. incl. base 19 cm. W. 42 cm. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,050-5, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

66 CD ALBERT BITRAN b. Istanbul 1929 "Composition Angulaire", Signed Bitran; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 130 x 97 cm. DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

67 651 CD PER KIRKEBY b. Copenhagen 1938 Composition, Læsø Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 130 x 200 cm. Exhibited: Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen. DKK 400, ,000 / 54,000-80, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

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69 CD CHRISTIAN LEMMERZ b. Karlsruhe 1959 "Mother Theresa", Signed Lemmerz; stamped 2/3. Bronze. H. 78 cm. DKK 150, ,000 / 20,000-27, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

70 CD MICHAEL KVIUM b. Horsens 1955 "Fingerpainting", Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 190 x 170 cm. DKK 250, ,000 / 33,500-40,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

71 CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b. Hillerød 1943 "To drenge" (Two boys), Mixed media. H. 65 cm. L. 110 cm. D. 100 cm. Literature: Mikael Wivel: "Kurt Trampedach", Copenhagen 2001, no. 115, ill. p DKK 125,000 / 17, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

72 CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b. Hillerød 1943 "Selvportræt. Siddende med pensel" (Self portrait. Seated with brush). Signed on the reverse Kurt Trampedach Oil on canvas. 145 x 120 cm. Literature: Mikael Wivel: "Kurt Trampedach", Copenhagen 2001, fig. 74, ill. in colours. DKK 200,000 / 27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

73 CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 Women with flowers. Signed with the artist's red stamp. Gouache on paper laid down on canvas. 80 x 125 cm. DKK 100,000 / 13, CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 Woman and flowers. Signed Walasse Ting 79. Acrylic on paper laid down on canvas. 71 x 100 cm. DKK 125,000 / 17, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

74 CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai 1929, d. New York 2010 Three standing women. Signed with artists red stamp. Acrylic on rice paper laid down on canvas. 175 x 95 cm. DKK 225,000 / 30,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

75 CD ALBERT BITRAN b. Istanbul 1929 "Intérieur-Extérieur V". Signed Bitran 67; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 116 x 89 cm. Exhibited: Randers Kunstmuseum (as cat. no. 27). Provenance: Galerie Ariel, Paris (No. 5394). Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. DKK 50,000 / 6, BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 831

76 a n art collection ove højgaard andersen International auction 831

77 O ve H øjgaar D A n D ersen an art collection Danish artists to whom he threw his house open and gave financial support. Ove Højgaard Andersen became an institution within the world of art, and he was nicknamed Uncle Ove because of his role as friend and patron. During the 70 s and 80 s he was a regular guest both at Kunsthallen and here with us at Bruun rasmussen. Together with a group of personalities from the Danish art circles, Ove Højgaard Andersen always contributed to the festive atmosphere, when the hammer was swung in the auction hall. It was during these years that he acquired a large part of the works of art for his collection. Viggo Rivad Concrete art and vivid colours are the keywords of Ove Højgaard Andersen s ( ) spectacular collection of paintings and sculptures, which we are very pleased to put up for sale at our autumn auction in Bredgade. Ove Højgaard Andersen was a merchant, and for many years he ran the company Automagneto in Copenhagen s meet packing district, selling Bosch power drills and other tools. During the 1960 s he develo-ped an interest in modern art, and with great insight, quality consciousness and his finger on the pulse, he created an intense and highly ambitious collectorship. His love for art was far reaching. Ove Højgaard Andersen was a fiery soul with a heart-felt wish to contribute to the development of art. He formed personal relationships with a large number of What strikes you in Ove Højgaard Andersen s collection is an aura of completeness. His love for simplicity was primarily satisfied by concrete art, which is characterized by a geometric idiom totally free from references to outside reality. The core of the collection is comprised by names from the progressive milieu around the galerie Denise rené in Paris among whom can be mentioned Alberto Magnelli, jean Deyrolle, jean Dewasne, victor vasarely, and not to be forgotten: the two Danish pioneers richard Mortensen and robert jacobsen, who both gave their original contributions to european concretism. Ove Højgaard Andersen was, however, not a man of limitations, and the collection also contains works of art by the more expressive CoBrA movement, spearheaded by Asger jorn and Karel Appel. In addition hereto, there are fine detours into classic Danish modernism, represented by two still-lifes and a portrait by vilhelm Lundstrøm. True to the spirit of this colourful collector, his works are now put up for auction. The present catalogue of the Ove Højgaard Andersen collection presents the first nearly 100 works of art, and the rest of the collection will be sold on a current basis during this autumn s online auctions. enjoy! niels raben 6 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

78 CD Jean Deyrolle b. nogent-sur-marne 1911, d. Toulon 1967 "Lyphard", Paris , opus 343. signed j. Deyrolle. Tempera on canvas. 33 x 41 cm. Literature: Georges Richar-Rivier: "Deyrolle Catalogue raisonné oeuvre peint ", no , ill. p Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. DKK 25,000-35,000 / 3,350-4,700 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 7

79 CD l ynn ChaD wic k b. London 1914, d "Pyramid III", signed Chadwick, 425. Indistinctly numbered 1/4. Bronze. H. 21 cm. Literature: Dennis Farr & Eva Chadwick: "Lynn Chadwick Sculptor", fig. 485, ill. p DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,050-5,400 8 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

80 CD Jean Deyrolle b. nogent-sur-marne 1911, d. Toulon 1967 "Marin", gordes , opus 338. signed j. Deyrolle. Tempera on canvas. 54 x 73 cm. Literature: Georges Richar-Rivier: "Deyrolle Catalogue raisonné oeuvre peint ", no , ill. p Exhibited: Galerie Denise René, Paris Exhibited: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,050-5,400 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 9

81 CD r obert JaC obsen b. Copenhagen 1912, d. egtved 1993 Concrete sculpture. signed rj/bl, 1/5, Black painted iron. H. 68 cm. DKK 40,000 / 5, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

82 CD Preben h ornung b. valby 1919, d. Frederiksberg 1989 "Konkret komposition, nr. 2". signed Hornung 50. Oil on canvas. 79 x 112 cm. Exhibition label on the reverse (Linien 2?) DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10,000 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 11

83 665 CD a lberto Magnelli b. Florence 1888, d. Meudon, France 1971 "rivalités", Paris. signed Magnelli 53; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 73 x 60 cm. Exhibited: "Euro-Kunst II", On Tour exhibition, Denmark, 1954, cat. no Exhibited: "Efterårsudstillingen", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen Exhibited: "Fremmed Kunst i Dansk Eje", Louisiana Museum for Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, 1964, cat. no In the interbellum, Alberto Magnelli was Italy's most important abstract painter. And it was as one of the pioneers of geometric abstraction that he, alongside the likes of Arp and Kandinsky, exhibited at Linien II's important exhibition in Copenhagen (Linien II was a group formed by young Danish geometric abstract artists). This was not the only time he exhibited his work here and, among other things, he had a close friendship with our very own Robert Jacobsen. Some of Magnelli's pictures are reminiscent of simplified still lifes of rocks, but leading up to the Second World War, his mode of expression was completely cleansed of anything recognisable. A certain manly robustness characterises his nonfigurative compositions, and he was particularly adept at using coloured contour lines to great effect. DKK 250,000 / 33, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

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85 CD s øren g eorg Jensen b. Copenhagen 1917, d. Italy 1982 Figure. Unsigned. Polished bronze on granite base. Total H. 41 cm. DKK 8,000-10,000 / 1,100-1, CD Peter b onnén b. Frederiksberg 1945 sculpture. Cortén steel. 17,5 x 22 x 20 cm. DKK 10,000 / 1, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

86 CD r i C hard Mortensen b. Copenhagen 1910, d. Kirke Hyllinge 1993 Composition. signed on the reverse r.m Oil on canvas. 46 x 55 cm DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,400-6,750 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 15

87 CD r i C hard Mortensen b. Copenhagen 1910, d. Kirke Hyllinge 1993 Composition. signed on the reverse r.m Oil on canvas. 66 x 48 cm. Literature: Jan Würtz Frandsen: "Richard Mortensen. Afklaringens år Besættelse og rekonstruktion", fig. 780, ill. p DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,400-6, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

88 CD r obert JaC obsen b. Copenhagen 1912, d. egtved 1993 sculpture. signed rj. Black painted iron. H. 75 cm. B. 39 cm. D. 24 cm. DKK 125, ,000 / 17,000-20,000 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 17

89 CD Jørn l arsen b. næstved 1926, d "Bogazici", signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 162 x 130 cm. Exhibited: Linien, Copenhagen DKK 50,000 / 6, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

90 CD r obert JaC obsen b. Copenhagen 1912, d. egtved 1993 sculpture, c signed rj 130. Black painted iron on revolving base. H. 27 cm. W. 28 cm. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 19

91 673 CD o lle b ærtling b. Halmstad 1911, d "IrUA". signed on the reverse Bærtling Oil on canvas. 92 x 180 cm. Unframed. The 1950s were the most important and defining decade in Olle Bærtling's art. Leaving figurative painting behind him in 1949, he moved towards his signature expression and most important theme - "the open form". The group of works started in 1955 was also known as "Les triangles asymétriques", as vertical and horizontal black diagonals were pulled and stretched out on the elongated, often oversize canvases. In them, clean-lined, incomplete triangles are defined in clear, unbroken surfaces of colour. The work up for auction, "Irua", from 1958 is, in all respects, an exemplary work of the period. Bærtling was one of a kind in Swedish art, who made headway far beyond Sweden's borders during his lifetime. In the early 1950s, he was part of the art scene centred around Galerie Denise René in Paris, whose name has become synonymous with the leading artists within the period's new non-figurative art. Like most of the other artists who were part of the scene, including Danish artists Richard Mortensen and Robert Jacobsen, Bærtling moved away from all illusionism and reference to the external world. The consequence and cultivation of the expression have since meant that parallels have been drawn between Bærtling's art and the American hard-edge tradition and minimalism of the 1960s. DKK 600, ,000 / 80, , BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

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93 CD Paul g a D egaard b. Frederiksberg 1920, d. Copenhagen 1996 Composition. signed on the reverse gadegaard Oil on canvas. 30 x 72 cm. DKK 15,000 / 2, CD k nud hvid berg b. Holstebro 1927, d "Håb og tvivl" (Hope and Doubt). signed on the reverse Hvidberg 64. Oil on canvas. 73 x 81 cm. DKK 8,000 / 1, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

94 CD r i C hard Mortensen b. Copenhagen 1910, d. Kirke Hyllinge 1993 Composition, c signed on the reverse Morten. Oil on canvas. 55 x 46 cm. Literature: Jan Würtz Frandsen: "Richard Mortensen. Afklaringens år Besættelse og rekonstruktion", fig. 651, ill. p DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,400-6,750 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 23

95 CD r obert JaC obsen b. Copenhagen 1912, d. egtved 1993 Composition. signed rj. relief. Black painted iron and brass. H. 18 cm. W. 18 cm. D. 11 cm. DKK 25,000 / 3, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

96 CD r i C hard Mortensen b. Copenhagen 1910, d. Kirke Hyllinge 1993 "Opus 9 no. 2", Birkerød summer, signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 73 x 92 cm. Literature: Jan Würtz Frandsen: "Richard Mortensen. Afklaringens år Besættelse og rekonstruktion", fig. 487, ill. p Exhibited: Malmö Rådhus, Sweden 1949, cat. no. 40. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 25

97 CD Jean Deyrolle b. nogent-sur-marne 1911, d. Toulon 1967 Two compositions. One signed j. Deyrolle; the other unsigned. gouache on paper. each 10 x 16 cm. (2) DKK 12,000 / 1, CD v i C tor v asarely b. Pecs 1908, d. Paris 1997 Composition. signed vasarely. Crayon on paper. visible size 15 x 13 cm. Enclosed a letter from Denise René to Walther Schwartz, Politiken (a major newpaper in Copenhagen) dated Paris, DKK 12,000 / 1, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

98 CD a lberto Magnelli b. Florence 1888, d. Meudon, France 1971 Composition, c signed Magnelli. gouache on paper. 65 x 49 cm. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,050-5,400 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 27

99 CD Jean Dewasne b. Lille 1921, d. Paris 1999 "seigneur des vents". signed j. Dewasne IX 48. Oil on canvas. 50 x 65 cm. DKK 25,000-30,000 / 3,350-4, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn

100 CD r obert JaC obsen b. Copenhagen 1912, d. egtved 1993 sculpture. Unsigned. Black painted iron. H. 23 cm. W. 36 cm. D. 22 cm. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn 29

101 CD Jean Deyrolle b. nogent-sur-marne 1911, d. Toulon 1967 "Construit sur le l'eau", Paris 1947, opus 58. signed j. Deyrolle. Oil on board. 27 x 46 cm. Literature: Georges Richar-Rivier: "Deyrolle Catalogue raisonné oeuvre peint ", no , ill. p. 89. DKK 15,000-20,000 / 2,000-2, CD r i C hard winther b. Maribo 1926, d Composition, roma signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 47 x 30 cm. Proveniens: Ove Højgaard Andersens Samling, København. DKK 6,000-8,000 / 805-1, BrUUn rasmussen BreDgADe AUCTIOn Ove HøjgAArD AnDersen - An ArT COLLeCTIOn