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1 modern paintings, sculptures and prints auction 8-12 october 2007 preview wednesday 3 october 3 pm - 6 pm thursday 4 october 10 am - 5 pm friday 5 october 10 am - 5 pm saturday 6 october 11 am - 4 pm sunday 7 october 11 am - 4 pm monday 8 october 10 am - 1 pm Bredgade 33 DK-1260 Copenhagen K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk

2 modern modern monday tuesday 8 october 6 pm international modern art october wednesday 10 october design thursday 11 october 1 pm danish contemporary art cobra prints 6 pm classic modern art contemporary art 1 pm contemporary art classic modern art 1 pm decorative art silver and jewellery 6 pm selected furniture and design friday 12 october 1 pm furniture, design and carpets tribal art auction 777

3 Welcome to the Modern Art Autumn Sale at Bruun Rasmussen We are pleased to present three new catalogues of which the first two feature a rich and varied selection of modern pictorial art. The works offered will hopefully be met with enthusiasm by our Danish and international audience. The October sale embraces both the diversity and the established upper end of a vital art market, which in recent years has enjoyed an increased interest and demand. At this auction we are especially excited to be able to offer a number of important international works coming from a prominent Scandinavian private collection. Ed Ruscha, Alex Katz, John Kacere and Gerhard Richter are all artists who have set the agenda in their respective field of work Pop Art, New Realism, Photorealism and Abstract painting and who have all left their imprint on the history of art. Focus articles on the artists can be found inside the catalogue. In continuation of the American Photorealism, the auction features a fine collection of original works by the Danish photorealist par excellence Hans Henrik Lerfeldt and a comprehensive Photography section including works by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Nobuyoshi Araki, Per Bak Jensen, Bert Stern and Ray Schatt. Among the many international highlights at this preview, the monumental painting The Night Guard by the Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum and also the Chinese artist Chu Teh-Chun s Composition from 1959 should be emphasized. As usual, the preview also offers the possibility of becoming acquainted with a large selection of works by the Danish Classical Modernists. Hans Scherfig is represented with two rich jungle compositions, in a rare large format, from the 1940s. Included are also several fine paintings by Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Oluf Høst and Jens Søndergaard. Among the rarities is an Avant-garde Modernist winter picture from painted by Anton Hansen, usually known for his small-format drawings. The Classical section is concluded by a number of works by North Atlantic artists, including Samuel Joensen-Mikines, Gunnlaugur Blöndal and Jon Stefansson. Leading the Cobra section is Asger Jorn s large colourful painting La colline enchantée from The painting is accompanied by the early work Maskefigur og Fugl, created by Ejler Bille in Finally the auction features an impressive array of Contemporary Art, topped by Michael Kvium, Per Kirkeby and Kurt Trampedach. Besides works by Poul Anker Bech, Peter Martensen and the young generation of artists as Tal R, John Kørner and Olafur Eliasson, the very popular and highly sought after Julie Nord will make her auction debut. We hope you will enjoy the catalogue!

4 modern modern mandag tirsdag onsdag design torsdag 8. oktober kl. 18 udvalgt kunst oktober kl. 13 kl oktober kl oktober kl. 13 kl. 18 dansk samtidskunst cobra grafik klassisk modernisme moderne kunst dansk samtidskunst nutidskunst klassisk modernisme kunsthåndværk sølv og smykker udvalgte møbler og design fredag 12. oktober kl. 13 møbler, design og tæpper etnografica auktion 777

5 modern malerier, skulpturer og grafik auktion oktober 2007 eftersyn onsdag 3. oktober kl torsdag 4. oktober kl fredag 5. oktober kl lørdag 6. oktober kl søndag 7. oktober kl mandag 8. oktober kl Bredgade 33 DK-1260 København K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk

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7 Velkommen til moderne efterårsauktion hos Bruun Rasmussen Det er med stor fornøjelse, at vi kan præsentere tre nye kataloger, heraf de to første med et righoldigt og varieret udvalg af moderne billedkunst. De udbudte værker vil forhåbentlig imødekomme og begejstre vores danske og internationale publikum. Oktober måneds auktion favner både i højden og bredden et vitalt moderne kunstmarked, der i de seneste år har nydt stadigt stigende interesse og efterspørgsel. Med særlig glæde og stolthed kan vi på denne auktion udbyde en række væsentlige internationale værker fra en betydelig skandinavisk privatsamling. Ed Ruscha, Alex Katz, John Kacere og Gerhard Richter er navne, der inden for henholdsvis popkunsten, ny- og fotorealismen samt det abstrakte maleri har været dagsordenssættende og sat deres tydelige fingeraftryk i kunsthistorien. Der kan læses mere om de enkelte kunstnere længere inde i kataloget. I forlængelse af den amerikanske fotorealisme byder auktionen på en flot samling originalarbejder af den danske fotorealist par excellence, Hans Henrik Lerfeldt og en særdeles velassorteret fotografisektion med værker af bl.a. Hiroshi Sugimoto, Nobuyoshi Araki, Per Bak Jensen, Bert Stern og Ray Schatt. Blandt de øvrige internationale highlights på eftersynet skal særligt det monumentale maleri The Night Guard af norske Odd Nerdrum og kinesiske Chu Teh-Chuns komposition fra 1959 fremhæves. På eftersynet kan der som vanligt stiftes bekendtskab med et stort udvalg af de klassiske danske modernisters arbejder. Hans Scherfig er repræsenteret med hele to, sjældent store og dyrerige, junglekompositioner fra 1940 erne. Der er flere fine billeder af bl.a. Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Oluf Høst og Jens Søndergaard. Blandt de helt sjældne ting finder man et avantgarde-modernistisk vintermaleri fra af Anton Hansen, der ellers mest kendes som tegner i det lille format. Det klassiske afsnit rundes af Nordatlanten, idet vi kan fremvise flere værker af Samuel Joensen-Mikines, Gunnlaugur Blöndal og Jon Stefansson. Blandt værkerne af Cobra-bevægelsens kunstnerne skal især Asger Jorns store, stoflige og farvestærke La colline enchantée fra 1957 fremhæves. Dette billede får bl.a. selskab af det tidlige Maskefigur og Fugl, malet af Ejler Bille i Sluttelig er afsnittet med samtidskunst, med Michael Kvium, Per Kirkeby og Kurt Trampedach i spidsen, stærkt besat. Foruden værker af kendinge som Poul Anker Bech, Peter Martensen og hele den unge generation med Tal R, John Kørner og Olafur Eliasson får bl.a. en yderst populær og efterspurgt kunstner som Julie Nord auktionsdebut. God fornøjelse!

8 department of modern art Peter Christmas-Møller Niels Raben Niels Boe Hauggaard-Nielsen Nadia Leander Gottlieb Anneline Schjødt Pedersen Peter Beck Bruun Rasmussen Aarhus Frederik Bruun Rasmussen

9 international modern art monday 8 october at 6 pm lot 1-115

10 MODERN 1 1 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d "Bedrøvet maske". Signed Jorn Oil on cardboard. 40 x 28 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Jorn in Scandinavia , no. 441, reprod. p Provenance: Mrs. Kirsten Lyngborg, Copenhagen (the artist's first wife). DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

11 2 2 CD EJLER BILLE b. 1910, d "Maskefigur og Fugl". Signed on the reverse Ejler Bille, Gudhjem Oil on canvas. 77 x 67 cm. Exhibited: Høstudstillingen, Copenhagen, Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Exhibited: Fyens Stiftsmuseum, Odense, April 2,1952. Exhibited: Skoleudstillingen 1953/54. Exhibited: Seminariernes vandreudstilling DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

12 MODERN 3 3 CD MOGENS BALLE b. 1921, d Composition. Signed M.B. Oil on canvas. 60 x 73 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

13 4 4 CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d Visage. Signed Appel. Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas. 78 x 58 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

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15 5 5 CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d "Kædekasseopstilling", Signed Heerup. Oil on masonite. 82 x 104 cm. Exhibited: Louisiana: "Heerup 60", 1967, cat. no DKK / CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. 1913, d Fantasy Animals, c Unsigned. Pastel on paper. 30 x 39 cm. DKK / CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. 1913, d "Sorgens lykkemaske". Signed chp 49. Pastel on paper. 31 x 42 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

16 MODERN 8 8 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. 1910, d "Grøn opstilling", Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 56 x 60 cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: Egill Jacobsen 1, no. 1945/6. Provenance: Dr. phil. Ole Hammer. Acquired by the previous owner at Ovenlyssalen, Frederiksberg, April 1951, for dkr. 371,25. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

17 9 9 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d "Une nuit d'éte", Signed Jorn. Oil on canvas. 54 x 65 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Asger Jorn. The Final Years ", no Provenance: Galerie Rive Gauche, Paris. Provenance: Mr. Argyris, Stuttgart. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

18 MODERN CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d Composition. Signed Appel 83. Acrylic on canvas. 77 x 57 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

19 11 11 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d Composition. Signed Jorn 50. On the reverse: Composition. Watercolour on paper. Visible size 49 x 38,5 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

20 MODERN 12 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d "La colline enchantée". Signed Jorn and on the reverse Jorn 57. Oil on canvas. 146 x 114 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Asger Jorn. The Crucial Years , no is the year Jorn settles in Italy after having bought a dilapidated house on the hillside near Albisola, and the year he introduces the Situationist International movement together with Guy Debord. At the same time he establishes commercial contacts with the German businessman Otto van de Loo and his gallery in Munich, which was later to play an important role in the international dissemination of Jorn s art. In his paintings from this period, Jorn allows himself to be influenced by the new current, which under the name of Tachism was on the go in European art and which implied a dissolution of the painting s figuration in material elements. The term Tachism was coined by the French critic Michel Tapié, in relation to a style of painting with irregular and spontaneous spots on the canvas (the French word tache meaning spot). The European Tachism is clearly related to the American Abstract Expressionism and especially to Jackson Pollock s Action painting without showing quite the same unrestrained wildness and aggression though. In his Tachism-inspired paintings, Jorn, in fact, kept a clear drawing and figuration despite the pronounced importance to the material. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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22 MODERN CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d Composition. Signed Appel. Acrylic on paper. Visible size 57 x 36 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

23 14 14 CD ANTON ROOSKENS b. 1906, d Composition. Signed Rooskens 68 and on the reverse A. Rooskens No Oil on canvas. 50 x 60 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

24 MODERN 15 CD ROBERT JACOBSEN b. 1912, d "Totem pole", Carved wood with traces of the original paint. H Provenance: The "Totem pole" originates from Elna Fonnesbech- Sandbergs country cottage in Tibirke, North Zealand. Originally it was an upright carrying the pendent roof. It took Robert Jacobsen two days to carve the figure. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

25 16 16 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d Birds and fantasy animals, c Unsigned. Oil on insulite. 61 x 48 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Jorn in Scandinavia , no. 714, reprod. p Exhibited: "9 Malere", Touring exhibition of works by nine painters, Denmark, January 14 - April 18, 1955, cat. no. 37. Provenance: The Art Society, Esbjerg, Denmark. Provenance: Mr. Aage Lindberg, Sindal, Denmark. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

26 MODERN CD LUCEBERT b. 1924, d "In de perzische tuin- dochters van het morgenland". Signed Lucebert 88. Oil on canvas. 200 x 150 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

27 18 18 CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d "The rider", Signed Appel. Oil on canvas. 224 x 139 cm. Exhibited: "Karel Appel", Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1988, cat. no. 38. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

28 MODERN 19 CD CORNEILLE b Woman and bird. Signed Corneille '77. Acrylic on lithograph. 65 x 50 cm. DKK / CD BENGT LINDSTRÖM b "Et Överfall". Signed Lindström and on the reverse 26/75, No. 12. Oil on canvas. 60 x 73 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

29 21 CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d Visage. Signed Appel. Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas. 33 x 29 cm. DKK / CD ANTON ROOSKENS b. 1906, d "Figure and Animal (No. 534)". Signed Rooskens 73. Acrylic on canvas. 50 x 61 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

30 MODERN CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. 1913, d Fantasy Animals, c Unsigned. Watercolour and crayon on cardboard. Visible size 50 x 69 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

31 24 24 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d Composition, Signed Jorn. Oil on canvas laid down on board. 25 x 35 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Jorn in Scandinavia , no. 503, reprod. p Provenance: Mrs. Kirsten Lyngborg, Copenhagen (from the artist). DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

32 MODERN CD MOGENS BALLE b. 1921, d AND CHRISTIAN DOTREMONT b. 1922, d Composition. Signed MB and CD. Oil on canvas. 115 x 146 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

33 26 26 CD PIERRE ALECHINSKY b "Arbre de Tradition". Signed Alechinsky and on the reverse Alechinsky N.Y Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas. 100 x 77 cm. Provenance: Gallery Lefebre, New York. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

34 MODERN CD ANTON ROOSKENS b. 1906, d Composition. Signed A. Rooskens. Gouache on paper. Visible size 30 x 33 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

35 28 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d Painted door. Signed Jorn 65 with dedication to Alistair and Julia. Oil on door. 197 x 75 cm. Provenance: Alistair and Julia Lawsons home. Acquired from the family by the present owner. Asger Jorn was a friend of the Lawson family and during a stay in England he painted the bathroom door as a gesture to the family. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

36 MODERN CD KNUD NIELSEN b "Massakre". Sign. Knud N. 89. Acrylic on canvas. 140 x 136 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

37 30 30 CD MOGENS ANDERSEN b. 1916, d Composition, c Signed Mogens Andersen and on the reverse M. A. Oil on canvas. 130 x 97. Exhibited: FIAC Exhibited: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

38 MODERN CD THORVALDUR SKULASON b. 1906, d Composition. Signed on the reverse monogram Oil on canvas. 100 x 79 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

39 32 32 CD PREBEN HORNUNG b. 1919, d Composition, c Signed Hornung. Oil on canvas. 226 x 147 cm. The painting is a monumental version of a smaller composition dated 1951 (112 x 79 cm.) which was included in the Linien II exhibition at Den Frie, Copenhagen, August- September The smaller version was also part of the exhibition "Preben Hornung - Billeder. Maleri og tegning ", Aarhus Kunstmuseum and Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, , cat. nr. 10, reprod. pl. 6, p. 71 in the catalogue. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

40 MODERN CD JEAN DEWASNE b. 1921, d "Idylle à coups de canons". Signed J. Dewasne X 48. Oil on canvas. 64 x 91 cm. Exhibited: "Linien II", Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, October 1 - December 4, 1988, cat. no Exhibited: "Linien II", Esbjerg Kunstforenings samling, Esbjerg, January 14 - March 12, 1989, cat. no Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen, January DKK / CD JOSÉ LUIS SANCHEZ b. Almansa, Spain, 1926 Sculpture. Signed José Luis Sanchez, 1/3. Patinated bronze. 67 x 60 x 30 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

41 35 35 CD RICHARD MORTENSEN b. 1910, d "Billede i gult lys". Signed on the reverse R. M Oil on canvas. 81 x 100 cm. Exhibited: "Richard Mortensen", Lien, Slettestrand Kunstcenter, 1967, cat. no. 11. Literature: Jan Würtz Frandsen: Richard Mortensen. Ting og Tegn, fig. 143, reprod DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

42 MODERN ESAIAS THORÉN b. Halmstad, Sweden 1901, d "Fiskar". Signed E. Thorén Oil on masonite. 47 x 55 cm. Provenance: Dr. G. Lindvall, Södertälje, Sweden. DKK / CD WILLIAM FRIDERICIA b. 1909, d Composition. Signed William Fridericia 50. Oil on canvas. 140 x 175 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

43 38 38 CD PABLO PICASSO b. 1881, d "L aubade, avec femme dans un fauteuil", Signed Picasso, 22/50. Linocut in colours. Visible size 58,5 x 68,5 cm. Literature: Bloch no Literature: Baer no.1232, II état, B a. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

44 MODERN 39 CD CHU TEH-CHUN b. Jiangsu, China 1920 Composition. Signed Chu Teh-Chun (and in Chinese) and on the reverse Chu Teh-Chun, No. 16, 1959 (and in Chinese). Oil on canvas. 130 x 80 cm. Provenance: Galerie H. Le Gendre, 31 rue Guénégaud, Paris. Born in the province of Jiangsu, China in 1920, Chu Teh-Chun graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Hangzhou in He was appointed assistant professor at the Hangzhou Academy and later taught painting in Nanjing and in Taiwan, before moving to Paris in He later obtained French citizenship in In Paris he became part of the young Parisian art scene, exhibiting widely at salons and galleries, among these the Galerie Le Gendre with whom he signed a six-year contract in During the late '50s Chu Teh-Chun moved away from the academic realm, rediscovering the spiritual source in Chinese painting and by this created his very own personal idiom. His poetic works and landscapes in particular seem to be springing intuitively from the artist's mind rather than being based on direct observations. Chu Teh-Chun's work has been exhibited internationally in France, the United States, Taiwan and in China. He has received numerous recognitions for his work and was elected member of l'académie des Beaux-Arts in DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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46 MODERN YAN YU b. Heilongjiang Province, China, 1964 "Smoker". Signed Yan Yu Acrylic, gold and tobacco on canvas. 180 x 90 cm. In this depicion of Yan Yu's chosen subject, the smoker, the sensation is curiously positive. The use of gold as background suggests prosperity which the tobacco on the canvas parallels as a kind of currency. The danger of the material wealth leading to disease is known but ignored in favour of living life to the full. In this way the painting becomes a celebration of life and the artist's achievement. It seems to say: "Yes smoking kills, but I am going to enjoy this one right now". Yan Yu lives and works in the artist village of Song Zhuang near Beijing. Yan Yu studied painting at the Normal University of Ha'erbing and completed graduate courses at Central Academy of Fine Arts in DKK / YAN YU b. Heilongjiang Province, China, 1964 "Non-Smoker". Signed Yan Yu. Acrylic on canvas. 180 x 90 cm. In this fictional portrait of a lady we see all the usual elements of Yan Yu's smoker portraits. The yellow skin complexion, the quinced eye which appears to have been touched by smoke and the brightly coloured background which can be associated with Chinese medication. She is however without a cigarette. It is mysteriously missing from the portrait. Even the slightly open lips of the subject is suggesting a dangling cigarette. This painting is from the period when Yan Yu started enjoying success and recognition as an artist. The cigarette, which has become a main identification point, in it's absence on the canvas can be seen as a cheerful take on an art world which expects the cigarette - pointing also to the self confident artist who takes it away. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

47 42 42 HIROSHI SUGIMOTO b. Tokyo, Japan, 1948 "Centinela Drive-In, Los Angeles". Numbered in the print 1/25, 707 and on the reverse sticker SUG-707. Photograph. Visible size 43 x 54,5 cm. Provenance: Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen. Provenance: Sonnabend Gallery, New York. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

48 MODERN Property of a Scandinavian Collector Lot JOHN KACERE b. Walker, Iowa, USA,1920, d Female torso. Signed on the reverse John Kacere 69. Oil on canvas. 121 x 119 cm. Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection. Before moving to a realistic style around 1963 John Kacere was an abstract painter. Since then, he concentrated almost solely on the subject of woman and today is regarded one of the major photo-realists or hyper-realists in American art. While enrolled in the army and stationed in California during the World War II years Kacere began studying the work of modern European painters such as Picasso, Miro, Klee and Matisse. Upon leaving the army he studied Fine Arts at the University of Iowa. From the 1950's and onwards he performed as a teacher at several art schools: University of Florida, the Rhode Island School of Design, New York University and the Parsons School of Design in New York City among others. Despite some criticism from feminists, some of whom have labelled his work sexist, Kacere has continued to explore the female body in his paintings. "Woman is the source of all life, the source of regeneration," he has said. "My work praises that aspect of womanhood." The painting offered for sale is dated the year Kacere started painting his pictures of women. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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50 MODERN 44 ED RUSCHA b. Omaha, Nebraska USA,1937 "Four sheets stained with egg white". Sign. E. Ruscha Gunpowder and egg white on paper. Sheet size 58,5 x 73,5 cm. Provenance: Leo Castelli, 4 East 77th, New York. Sticker on the reverse numbered D-144. Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection. During the last 40 years Ed Ruscha has been a prominent figure in American contemporary art. Originally Ruscha was identified with the Pop Art of California where depictions of gas stations and Hollywood logos were the central parts. But parallel to his fascination of pop culture Ruscha had a deep respect for the surrealist artists. The surrealist art developing during the 1920s and 1930s, built upon pure imagination, experiments and phenomena that were disturbing the conventional concept of art. Artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray were later to become important models for Ed Ruscha: I became aware of Marcel Duchamp s work... and I liked the work of Man Ray. I think those artists had a strong effect on me. Like Man Ray, Ed Ruscha was deeply fascinated by the photographic element. Man Ray constructed surrealistic arrangements, which he documented by means of the photography. He depicted elements from everyday life put together in an obscure context such as an apple placed next to a screw. Like Man Ray s obscure mixing of familiar objects, you see Ed Ruscha working in the same direction. In the three paintings offered for sale: Sheet stained with rose petal ; Suspended paper stained with iodine ; and Four sheets stained with egg white, the inspiration from surrealist art is evident. The unconventional mix of materials like fouling that has been dabbed carefully on to the paper with a cotton puff mixed with rose petals, iodine and egg white, forces the viewer to wonder. Wonder about the mix of materials and the true meaning of that. Likewise you see the sheets floating in the air like in Magritte s surrealistic works containing various flying objects, a compositional dodge adding to the viewer s astonishment. As Ed Ruscha says: Art has to be something that makes you scratch your head DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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52 MODERN 45 ALEX KATZ b. Brooklyn, New York, 1927 "Beige Ada", Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 127 x 122 cm. Provenance: Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London. Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection. Alex Katz is one of the most prominent American figurative painters in the generation of Pop Artists and Realists immediately following the Abstract Expressionists. Since the late 1950s Katz has developed his own personal imagery often portraits of his friends and family or scenes from everyday life depicted in a way that renders a feeling of presence, that seems artless and straightforward and yet at the same time highly simplified, stylized and superficial. Throughout his career, Alex Katz has especially been inspired by advertising and billboards, and he has deliberately been striving to achieve clarity and a visual impact that would be able to compete with that kind of aesthetics. The artist himself has said that during his career he has been focusing on finding his very own big style in painting, which he considers much more important than the depicted motif in itself: I like the style to be the content. One motif or should we say one person occupies however a very special place in the artist s works: his wife Ada whom he has portrayed consistently for more than 50 years without revealing however anything deeper on her personality. Robert Storr writes on the Ada portraits: "How little we know about her after all. That is her job. To keep us guessing (...). We - the viewers - enter into this compact of infinitely deferred intimacy without hesitation. We are beckoned and respond, only to be stopped tantalizingly short of the threshold of total visual possession by qualities of abstraction that are as difficult to grasp on their own as the person they incompletely constitute. This is not true for the artist who has applied all of his craft to contrive this presence and, while knowing his subject well, tells no more about her than (...) necessary to conjure her into existence". The artist is widely represented at museums in the United States of America, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and at The Tate Gallery, London as well. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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54 MODERN ED RUSCHA b. Omaha, Nebraska USA,1937 "Suspended paper stained with iodine". Sign. E. Ruscha Gunpowder, pastel and iodine on paper. Sheet size 25 x 69 cm. Exhibited: "11 Los Angeles Artists", Arts Council of Great Britain, London 1971, cat. no. 65. Provenance: Leo Castelli, 4 East 77th, New York. Sticker on the reverse numbered D-106. Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

55 47 47 ED RUSCHA b. Omaha, Nebraska USA,1937 "Sheet stained with rose petal". Sign. E. Ruscha Gunpowder and rose petal. Sheet size 29 x 74. Provenance: Leo Castelli, 4 East 77th, New York. Sticker on the reverse numbered D-138. Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

56 MODERN 48 CD GERHARD RICHTER b. Dresden, Germany, 1932 Red-Yellow-Blue (no. 38). Signed on the reverse Richter 73. Oil on canvas. 26 x 53,5 cm. Literature: Catalogue Raisonné , cat. no Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection. In his artistic work the German artist Gerhard Richter covers a wide field ranging from an early photorealism to abstract paintings and severe minimalist expressions. In his paintings, tense energy exists between the depicted everyday life and the very topicality of the painting. To Richter the process of painting and the painting as a material are two very important factors. The artist s various expressions differ widely in some ways, and yet they are also connected as part of an inevitable pictorial development. His early use of photos, private as well as public, has provided the background for his work and the way he reflects the perceived reality on the canvas. He subsequently blurs the painting either by means of a brush or by his very own technique with a rubber scraper. This blurring of the picture emphasizes both the painting s photographic background and the consciousness of the artist s involvement. In his abstract paintings, Richter continues this way of constructing a picture with several layers and meanings. Richter s development towards the abstract painting really accelerated when he evolved his Colour Charts. Based upon the three primary colours; red, blue and yellow together with black and white, Richter created his Colour Charts containing up to 1024 various hues. The way in which only three colours can grow into a universe of colours is evident in the present painting "Red-Yellow-Blue (no. 38)", created in The work is part of a series of 100 small works that can each be seen as an individual painting. His use of broad brush strokes emphasizes the picture s tactility and at the same time, layers are ripped from the painting s surface showing the areas behind. This abstract way of painting can thus be regarded as a natural development from the early photorealism. Both the abstract painting and the photorealism want to represent life around us by emphasizing and at the same time blurring the space and by uncovering the layers behind. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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58 MODERN CD ROBERT JACOBSEN b. 1912, d "Non-Violence", Unsigned. Patinated iron mounted on wooden board. H. 25. W. 31. D. 15 cm. Exhibited: "Robert Jacobsen", Cisternerne i Søndermarken and Frederiksberg Slot, May 1 - June , cat. no. 31, reprod. p. 27 in the catalogue. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg. DKK / CD PER KIRKEBY b "Herbst-Baum III". Signed on the reverse Per Kirkeby Oil on canvas. 200 x 130 cm. Exhibited: "Panorama Per Kirkeby", Aarhus Kunstmuseum, August 29 - November , cat. no. 159 (erroneously dated 1984 in the catalogue). Provenance: Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen. In the catalogue for the Panorama-exhibition at Aarhus Kunstmuseum director Jens Erik Sørensen writes about Per Kirkebys paintings from the mid 1980's: "With the blue pictures, we are in the midst of a new nature. Not expressive representations of the nature we know, but rather pictures from Kirkeby's inner landscapes. As fundamentally has always been the case, for which reason any attempt at interpretation is undertaken at the risk of ending in various blind alleys. As Peter Schjeldahl has put it very precisely, an analysis of Per Kirkeby's painting is like 'trying to shovel sand with a hayfork'. And, he says, there is no other artist who 'in such direct and primitive way makes the wiever responsible for his own reaction'. These are open, Romantic pictures, which to a high degree appeal to the emotions, and to which we find our personal and widely differing approaches". DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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60 MODERN RÓMULO MACCIÓ b. Buenos Aires 1931 "Senales". Signed Macció 64 and on the reverse Rómulo Macció Oil on masonite. 173 x 125 cm. Provenance: Galerie Schoeller, Paris. Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

61 52 52 CD MEHMED MELIH DEVRIM NÉJAD b. Istambul, 1923, d "Claire de Lune sur Paris de Montmartre". Signed Néjad 7/59 and on the reverse Néjad. Oil on canvas. 97 x 194 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

62 MODERN CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b "Chilardicoborda Sara". Signed Trampedach Mixed media on board. 50 x 63 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist. According to the artist the present painting is a so called bedroom painting, meaning that he painted the picture in his own bedroom in the above mentioned period. DKK / CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b Portrait. Signed Kurt Trampedach Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 79 x 57 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

63 55 55 CD MIMMO ROTELLA b. Catanzaro, Italy, 1918 Composition. Sign. Rotella 62 and on the reverse Rotella. Décollage. Visible size 36 x 37 cm. Provenance: Tytte Edgar Funck. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

64 MODERN CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai, China,1929 Composition with women and flowers. Signed with artist s red stamp. Watercolour on paper. 47 x 59 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

65 57 57 CD NIKI DE SAINT-PHALLE b. Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 1930, d "California Nana", Stamped with the signature Niki de Saint Phalle, 3/150. Stamped with the foundry mark Haligon. Acrylic on polyester resin. H. 33 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

66 MODERN CD MEHMED MELIH DEVRIM NÉJAD b. Istambul, 1923, d Composition. Signed Néjad 57 New York. Oil on canvas. 73 x 60 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

67 59 59 CD MEHMED MELIH DEVRIM NÉJAD b. Istambul, 1923, d "Paysage d'hamlet". Signed Néjad 61 and on the reverse Néjad Copenhagen 1/61. Oil on canvas. 73 x 92 cm. DKK / CD MICHEL MAJERUS b. Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg1967, d Composition. Signed on the reverse Majerus 99. Acrylic on canvas. 60 x 60 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

68 MODERN 61 CD ROBERT JACOBSEN b. 1912, d "Le Destructeur Camoufle". Signed on the reverse Rob. Jacobsen Relief. Iron mounted on board. 76 x 42 cm. Literature: Ejner Johansen: "Robert Jacobsen- nye relieffer", Copenhagen, 1964, reprod. as no. XVI. Litteratur: Ernst Mentze: "Robert Jacobsen - En dansk kunstner i fremmed milieu", Berlingske Forlag, 1961, reprod. p Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen, Provenance: Formerly in the artist's own collection. DKK / CD SALVADOR DALI b. 1904, d "Homage to Terpsichore". Sign. Dali, 215/350. Stamped with foundry mark, Perseo, Switzerland. Gold and green patinated bronze. H. 70,5 cm. Conceived in First cast was made in 1984 in an edition of 350 plus 35 artist proofs. Certificate enclosed. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

69 63 63 CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b "Siddende figur". Signed KT 83. Oil on canvas. 210 x 170 cm. Literature: Mikael Wivel: "Kurt Trampedach", Copenhagen 2001, cat. no. 122, reprod. p DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

70 MODERN 65 CD PER KIRKEBY b "Ohne Titel (Maria mit Kind)", Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 200 x 130 cm. Registrated by Galerie Michael Werner, Köln, Archiv No. PK 57. Exhibited: La Biennale di Venezia, July 1 - September 28, Provenance: Private Collection, Germany. 64 CD TADEUSZ KANTOR 64 b. Vëlopolí, Poland 1915, d. Kraków 1990 Composition. Signed Kantor. Oil on board. 101 x 70 cm. DKK / A common central theme in Per Kirkeby s paintings from the 1980s is the tension between figuration and abstraction. The underlying motif and the recognizable quality of former times seem, at this point, to completely fade away in non-objects and pictorial gesture. Yet at the same time the paintings always seem to keep a relation to the impression or the motif that made the artist start creating. In 1984 Per Kirkeby said: Paintings never arise from nothing, nor abstract paintings. In Kunsthallen Brandts in Odense, Kunsthalle Zu Kiel and Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo devoted an exhibition to the examination of the figurative aspect in the production of Per Kirkeby in the 1980s. In the exhibition catalogue Dörte Zbikowski writes: In the paintings that at first seem to be abstract paintings, recognisable motifs can gradually emerge figure, trunk, landscape. They can hardly be disengaged though from the tense interaction with the painting. The colour spots, are they really figures? What the inexperienced viewer will read of the play of colours in this style of painting free of gestures and in the way, in which Kirkeby renders the figure, remains contradictory. (...) The essential thing is that the abstraction of Kirkeby is rooted in the figurative, that he sees content and pictorial realization as one indivisible unity. In the present painting, especially the title helps the eye. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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72 MODERN CD PETER BRANDES b Composition. Signed on the reverse P. Brandes Oil on paper mounted on canvas. 174 x 224 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

73 67 67 CD MAJA LISA ENGELHARDT b "Sø". Sign. MLE 97 and on the reverse Maja Lisa Engelhardt Paris Oil on canvas. 230 x 405 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

74 MODERN CD ROBERT JACOBSEN b. 1912, d Composition, drip painting. Signed Robert Jacobsen. Acrylic on canvas. 200 x 120 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

75 69 69 SAM FRANCIS b. San Mateo, California, 1923, d Composition. Stamp on the reverse from the estate of the deceased artist: "The Sam Francis Estate". Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 14 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

76 MODERN CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b Portraits. Signed Kurt Trampedach Watercolour, pastel and pencil on paper. 151 x 122 cm. Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection DKK / CD ROBERT JACOBSEN b. 1912, d Personnage. Double signed on the reverse Rob. Jacobsen, c Iron mounted on board. Board painted in blue and red colours. H. figure 124 cm. Total 173 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

77 72 72 CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b "Anette". Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 170 x 200 cm. Provenance: Scandinavian Private Collection. Acquired directly from the artist. With his dark toned mysterious paintings depicting animals and human beings, Kurt Trampedach has taken up a central position on the figurative Danish art scene. Trampedach's paintings are realistic and expressive - modern and yet at the same time seemingly referring to the art of primitive tribes. Since the early 1960s and until the 1980s, Trampedach's own portrait was often depicted in the paintings. Subsequently, he changed his subject matter and imagery, introducing children, animals and women. The present painting, "Anette", is Trampedach's depiction of a woman. "Anette" is seen in a reclining position surrounded by a dark space. The dark space, enveloping the woman in her twisted posture, is a way for the artist to define the mental state of the woman. Trampedach's depictions of himself and of others should be seen as psychological and mental depictions rather than typical portraits and self-portraits. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

78 MODERN CD ARNE HAUGEN SØRENSEN b Composition. Signed Sørensen 86. Oil on canvas. 195 x 195 cm. Exhibited: Progetta, Venezia 1986, cat no DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

79 74 74 CD WALASSE TING b. Shanghai, China,1929 Women and cat. Signed with artist s red stamp. Gouache on paper. Sheet size 89 x 96 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

80 MODERN CD POUL ANKER BECH b "Var det Huldren, jeg så den vinter?". Signed Bech and on the reverse P. A. Bech Oil on canvas. 84 x 94 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

81 76 76 CD ARNE HAUGEN SØRENSEN b "Den udvalgte". Signed Sørensen 86. Oil on canvas. 195 x 146 cm. Literature: An other version of this motif, executed in watercolour on paper, is reproduced on the cover of Peder Svejgaard Pedersen a. o. (ed.): "Arne Haugen Sørensen - Hænder", Copenhagen Literature: Ole Lindboe: "Skønheden & Udyret. 12 historier om Arne Haugen Sørensen", Copenhagen 2002, reprod. p. 27. Exhibited: Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, February 16 - March 22, 1987, cat. no. 31, reprod. p. 245 in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Danske Facetter", Museo de Arte, Sao Paulo, May 7-31, DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

82 MODERN CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b "To drenge", Mixed media. H. 65. L D. 100 cm. Literature: Mikael Wivel: "Kurt Trampedach", Copenhagen 2001, cat. no. 115, reprod. p DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

83 78 78 CD KURT TRAMPEDACH b Walking man, self portrait. Signed Kurt Trampedach 74. Oil on canvas with sewings and rings for mounting. Not mounted on stretcher. 243 x 290 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

84 MODERN CD ANETTE HARBOE FLENSBURG b Night at Vesterbro. Signed on the reverse Annette Harboe Flensburg. Oil on canvas. 120 x 180 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

85 80 80 CD MICHAEL KVIUM b "Titelløst billede". Signed on the reverse Kvium 90. Oil on canvas. 140 x 210 cm. Provenance: Galleri Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Denmark. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

86 MODERN CD IVAN ANDERSEN b "Parking". Signed on the reverse Ivan Andersen Oil on canvas. 170 x 200 cm. In his paintings, Ivan Andersen is working with elements from everyday life surroundings; parking grounds, large shopping centres and avenues. In a way he is working with elements that every beholder can relate to and recognize but at the same time, he is turning the elements upside down, changing the structures as we know them. In the present painting in which a highway appears to be floating freely alongside an apartment house, Andersen is questioning the very world of theatre wings that surrounds us. He is emphasizing that everything can be detached from its usual place and moved about. In this way the artist is forcing the beholder to analyze his everyday life as he knows it, questioning whether or not our everyday life is just a theatre wing. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

87 82 82 CD TAL R b "En drøm eller noget jeg ikke husker". Signed monogram T and on the reverse Tal R 96. Oil on canvas. 170 x 140 cm. Provenance: Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

88 MODERN CD HANS HENRIK LERFELDT b. 1946, d Reclinig woman. Signed Lerfeldt 80. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Sheet size 30 x 45 cm. Exhibited: Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, March 30 - April 28, Exhibited: Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, 1990, cat. no. 63. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

89 84 84 CD THOMAS KLUGE b "På et gulv III". Signed on the reverse Kluge 17/ Oil on canvas. 84 x 84 cm. Literature: Torben Weirup: "Under Baretten - En fortælling om Thomas Kluge maleri, Copenhagen 2002", mentioned and reprod. p.75. Lise and Louise Svanholm describe one of the paintings in this series in the book Danish Portraits : A human being is lying on the floor, dead or alive, with eyes wide open. The impressive and manneristic artistic effects are the stage lighting and the foreshortened body lying on the floor with the head closest to the beholder. The human nature has been made artificial in a grotesque utilization of the depictions in the history of art of Christ after the descent from the cross. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

90 MODERN 85 CD MICHAEL KVIUM b "Bloody talk". Signed on the reverse Kvium 95. Oil on canvas. 110 x 125 cm. Provenance: Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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92 MODERN 86 CD ODD NERDRUM b. Helsingborg, Sweden, 1944 "The Night Guard", Signed on the reverse Nerdrum and on the edge of the canvas Nerdrum. Oil on canvas. 265 x 336 cm. Literature: Jan-Erik Ebbestad Hansen: "Odd Nerdrum", Oslo 1994, reprod. p Literature: Jan-Erik Ebbestad Hansen: "Fenomenet Nerdrum", Oslo 1996, reprod. p. 141, mentioned p Literature: Jan Åke Pettersson: "Odd Nerdrum- Storytelller and self-revealer", Oslo 1998, reprod. as no. 30, mentioned p. 70: "The black leather helmet, which covers the head of the uncommunicatively gaping Night Guard, is an attribute of amore general significance. The helmet was taken from Nerdrum's vivid childhood image of a mentally retarted messenger boy riding a moped. And it was in reference to the status given to such mentally dificient and outcast individuals in our society that he commented on the appearance of his figures at the time: "the weak individual is the salvation of mankind. The aberrant is the night guard of the world. Nerdrum also strove to achieve a basic, archetypal quality in the use of signifying elements in his compositions. The Night Guard has been surrounded by the peaceful sleepers as a collection of unidentifiable, bundled bodies, swaddled in animal hides and natural fabrics. Only the foreground figures stand out with their feet almost protruding from the canvas, creating the strong impression of tangible physical presence, so typical of Nerdrums paintings". Literature: Richard Vine: "Odd Nerdrum. Paintings, sketches and drawings", Oslo 2001, reprod. p Exhibited: Martina Hamilton Fine Art Inc., New York, Provenance: American Private Collection. Provenance: Milwaukee Museum of Fine Art, Wisconsin (extended loan). Provenance: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh (extended loan). Provenance: American Private Collection. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

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94 MODERN CD HANS HENRIK LERFELDT b. 1946, d "Punk Model". Signed Lerfeldt 86. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Visible size 65 x 48 cm. Provenance: Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

95 88 88 CD MICHAEL KVIUM b "Eksperimentalbillede". Signed on the reverse Kvium 92. Oil on canvas. 120 x 150 cm. Literature: Luise Faurschou (ed.): "Kvium", Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen 1995, reprod. p. 75. Provenance: Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION

96 MODERN 89 HA SHIYOU b. Gansu, China, 1967 "You can't reach the itch". Sign. Ha ShiYou 03. Akryl på lærred. 150 x 120. The title reflects the Chinese saying: "Zhua bu dao yang chu". Provenance: IN Art Gallery, Singapore. Ha ShiYou graduated from the Hebei Academy of Art in Since 2001 the artist has been living and working in the artist village of Song Zhuang close to Beijing. DKK / CD BJARNE MELGAARD b Composition, Signed Bjarne Melgaard. Embroidery on fabric. 65 x 65 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION 777

97 91 91 CD MARTIN BIGUM b "Ophelia" from the series "Literary Body". Signed on the reverse Martin Bigum Acrylic on canvas. 180 x 140 cm. Exhibited: "The Adventures of Art", Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, June 28 - August 24, 1997; Herning Kunstmuseum, September 5 - November 2, 1997; Randers Kunstmuseum, November 15, January 4, 1998; Portalen i Greve, January 17 - March 22, In a text on the series of paintings, which the present painting belongs to, Lars Morell writes: The dialogue with the literary has almost increased with this exhibition. Now they come, now they come. Around in the room they slid, the men in the long grey cowls with evil, glowing eye sockets above their heads, as Knud Sønderby writes in Midt i en Jazztid. Many of the paintings still depict art as walking through the world as a ghost, but now also as walking through world literature. One painting concerned with the latter shows the poet Henrik Nordbrandt as he washes his cloak in a stream (is it he who hides underneath the cowl of the Art-figures?), while Ophelia, which perhaps is the best painting in the exhibition, depicts the famous scene in which Hamlet s beloved, who, due to Polonius death goes mad out of despair, commits suicide by throwing herself into a river. Source: DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUKTION