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2 Velkommen til moderne juni-auktion hos Bruun Rasmussen Det katalog De nu sidder med i hånden er udtryk for flere fornyelser. Markedet for moderne kunst er i uafbrudt bevægelse. Bevægelser som det er vores naturlige ambition at følge så tæt som muligt - til såvel sælgers som købers bedste. I anerkendelse af den stadigt større internationalisering, der også i høj grad præger markedet for kunst, har vi for første gang valgt at udsende vores katalog på engelsk. Vi håber, at dette initiativ vil blive vel modtaget og vil samtidig understrege, at alle tekster stadig findes på dansk på Igennem de seneste mange år har Bruun Rasmussens auktioner over moderne kunst og design fundet sted i henholdsvis april og oktober. Introduktionen af en ekstra moderne auktion, så det årlige antal nu er tre i stedet for to, er endnu et udtryk for, at den moderne kunst virkelig har vind i sejlene i disse år. Som seriøst auktionshus vil vi på én gang være bedst i det marked vi kender og være med til at opdyrke nye markeder. Apropos fornyelse introducerer vi på denne auktion et tema om kinesisk samtidskunst. Der er tale om en gruppe yngre kunstnere, der netop nu er dagsordensættende på den blomstrende, eller skulle man sige buldrende, kinesiske kunstscene. Samtidig kan vi, på baggrund af en række fremtrædende danske privatsamlinger, give auktionsdebut til en lang række af de helt unge danske og internationale kunstnere, der de seneste år har domineret på gallerier og museer i Danmark. Udover de nye tiltag er auktionen i øvrigt stærkt besat på alle hylder - klassisk modernisme som nutidskunst. Vi fortsætter bl.a. salget af Arkitekt Robert Dahlmann Olsens Samling med en gruppe meget flotte papirarbejder af islandske Svavar Gudnason. I Cobra-kategorien finder man tillige et fremtrædende 1960'er værk af Asger Jorn og hele tre tidlige, museumsværdige billeder af Egill Jacobsen. I foråret oplevede vi en nærmest eksplosiv stigning i efterspørgslen på Michael Kviums værker. Kunstneren er også denne gang repræsenteret med et yderst varieret udbud af højkvalitetsbilleder, heriblandt det monumentale "Cuba Libre", som uden overdrivelse kan kaldes et hovedværk. God fornøjelse!

3 Welcome to the Modern Art June Sale at Bruun Rasmussen This catalogue reflects a number of innovations. The Modern Art market is in constant motion and it is our natural ambition to follow the market s developments and fluctuations as closely as possible for the benefit of both buyers and sellers. Acknowledging the increasing globalisation also characterising the art market, we have chosen, for the first time, to publish our catalogue in English. We hope the initiative will be well received and at the same time, we would like to emphasize that all catalogue texts can still be found in Danish at For many years, the Modern Art and Design Sales at Bruun Rasmussen have been held in April and in October. Introducing an additional Modern auction, bringing the total number of annual Modern auctions up to three, is yet another expression of the prospering of Modern Art in recent years. As a leading auction house, we wish to be the best in our markets, at the same time contributing to the cultivation of new markets. Consequently, for this sale we are introducing a new field of art: Chinese Contemporary Art. The sale includes works by a group of young Chinese artists, setting the agenda for the prosperous, or should we say roaring, Chinese art scene. At the same time, we have been entrusted to sell works from a number of prominent Danish private collections, enabling us to give auction debuts to a number of very young Danish artists, as well as to young international artists who have dominated Danish galleries and museums in recent years. In addition to these innovations, the auction features an impressive array of Modern Art, from Classic Modernism to Contemporary Art. We are continuing the sale of the collection of the architect Robert Dahlmann Olsen by offering a group of fine paper works by the Icelandic artist Svavar Gudnason. In the category of Cobra Art you will find a remarkable Asger Jorn work from the 1960s as well as three early paintings by Egill Jacobsen, all of museum quality. In the Spring sale, we saw an almost exploding increase in the demand for works by Michael Kvium. The artist is also represented in the present sale with a varied selection of high quality works, including the monumental Cuba Libre, without exaggeration a principal work by the artist. We hope you will enjoy the catalogue!

4 modern modern onsdag torsdag design torsdag fredag 6. juni kl. 13 nutidskunst kl. 18 udvalgt kunst juni kl. 13 klassisk modernisme grafik juni kl juni kl. 13 udvalgte møbler og design møbler og design tæpper og tekstiler sølv kunsthåndværk africana auktion 772

5 modern malerier, skulpturer og grafik auktion juni 2007 eftersyn torsdag 31. maj kl fredag 1. juni kl lørdag 2. juni kl søndag 3. juni kl mandag 4. juni kl tirsdag 5. juni kl Bredgade 33 DK-1260 København K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk

6 modern modern wednesday 6 june thursday design 1 pm contemporary art pm selected art june thursday 7 june friday 1 pm classic modern art prints pm selected furniture and design 8 june 1 pm furniture and design carpets and textiles silver decorative art africana auction 772

7 modern paintings, sculptures and prints auction 6-8 june 2007 preview thursday 31 may 3 pm - 6 pm friday 1 june 10 am - 5 pm saturday 2 june 11 am - 4 pm sunday 3 june 11 am - 4 pm monday 4 june 10 am - 5 pm tuesday 5 june 11 am - 4 pm Bredgade 33 DK-1260 Copenhagen K Tel Fax bredgade@bruun-rasmussen.dk

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

9 selected art wednesday 6 june at 6 pm lot

10 MODERN CD OLUF HØST b. 1884, d "Bognemark, vinter", Bornholm Signed OH Oil on canvas. 39 x 65 cm. DKK / * CD ERIK HOPPE b. 1897, d A summer day in Søndermarken, Copenhagen. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 83 x 98 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

11 CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. 1895, d "Folkelivsbillede fra Skjoldborg med slugten ned mod Limfjorden", ca Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 110 x 135 cm. This work is a study for one of seven paintings by the artist decorating the library in Thisted. The decoration was completed in DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

12 MODERN CD INGÁLVUR AV REYNI b. 1920, d "Trawler". Signed I Av Reyni Oil on canvas. 150 x 193 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

13 CD ALBERT BERTELSEN b "Fjeld i grålys, Norge". Signed monogram and on the reverse Albert Bertelsen Oil on canvas. 138 x 188 cm. DKK / CD ALBERT BERTELSEN b "Brylluppet". Signed monogram 66 and on the reverse Albert Bertelsen. Oil on canvas. 80 x 95 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

14 MODERN CD ALBERT BERTELSEN b "Fjeldvandring". Signed monogram 74 and on the reverse Albert Bertelsen. Oil on canvas. 60 x 120 cm. DKK / CD ERIK OLSON b. 1901, d "Stenarbetare i landskab". Signed Erik Olson Oil on cardboard. 32 x 41 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

15 CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. 1895, d Scenery from the cemetery at Bovbjerg. Signed Jens Søndergaard. Oil on canvas. 84 x 100 cm. DKK / CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. 1906, d Summer day, Mikines, the Faroe Islands. Signed S.J. Mikines 58. Oil on canvas. 85 x 100 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

16 MODERN CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. 1895, d "Aften". Signed Jens Søndergaard 44. Oil on canvas. 85 x 95 cm. Provenance: Niels Sjørup Jørgensen's Collection. DKK / CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. 1906, d Summer day, Mikines, the Faroe Islands. Signed S.J. Mikines 59. Oil on canvas. 60 x 80 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

17 CD HANS SCHERFIG b. 1905, d Hippopotami in the jungle. Signed Scherfig Tempera on masonite. 50 x 73 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner. DKK / CD ERIK HOPPE b. 1897, d "Studie med rødt træ. Sol". Signed Hoppe 45. Oil on canvas. 75 x 86 cm. Exhibited: "Erik Hoppe", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1957, cat. no. 18. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

18 MODERN detail 254 CD HOLGER WEDERKINCH b. 1886, d "La France Renaissante". Signed Wederkinch Patinated bronze. H. 98 cm. W. 108 cm. Provenance: The artist's family. The sculpture in large size was set up at Pont Bir Hakeim in Paris DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

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20 MODERN CD MELA MUTER (MARIA MELANIA MUTERMILCH) b. 1876, d Landscape, Avignon, ca Signed Muter. Oil on board. 54 x 65 cm. Exhibited: Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, 1967, Mela Muter , Retrospektiv Ausstellung, cat. no. 17. Provenance: Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne (exhibition sticker on the reverse). Acquired here by present owner's family in the late 1960s. The present owner's father was the brother of Tosia Gmurzynska, the founder of Galerie Gmurzynska. Mela Muter was born in Poland by Jewish parents but lived and worked the greater part of her life in France, obtaining French citizenship in Her studio was situated in the heart of Paris and she belonged to the group of international artists of the so-called École de Paris. Muter's participation in the creative environments of Paris in the beginning of the 20th century is documented by her many fine portraits of artists, musicians and intellectuals, including Anatole France, Romain Rolland and Diego Rivera. Rainer Maria Rilke was also part of Muter's circle of acquaintances. Like other émigré artists Muter's work was influenced by the artistic ideas of the period mingled with a Polish tone from her homeland. In her landscapes, portraits and still lives Muter was influenced by the Modernism of the early decades of the 20th century with strong roots in the art of Paul Cézanne but also Paul Gauguin and van Gogh. In both imagery and choice of motif, the present painting seems inspired by Cézanne and his landscapes from the South of France. With thick brushstrokes and a tactile quality Muter has depicted the landscape from Avignon, where she spend the years during the Second World War and which was also the destination of several of her journeys before that. Literature: Urszula Lazowski: Mela Muter - A Poet of Forgotten Things, in Woman's Art Journal, Spring/Summer 2002, volume 22, no. 1. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

21 CD MELA MUTER (MARIA MELANIA MUTERMILCH) b. 1876, d A view with a watermill, Avignon, ca Signed Muter. On the reverse motive with a viaduct. Oil on board. 65 x 54 cm. Provenance: Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne. Acquired here by present owner's family in the late 1960s. The present owner's father was the brother of Tosia Gmurzynska, the founder of Galerie Gmurzynska. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

22 MODERN CD SIGURD SWANE b. 1879, d Interior with two ladies and a girl arranging flowers. Signed S. Sw. 08. Oil on canvas. 95 x 81 cm. The girl in the blue dress is Karen Groth Hansen, later married to bronze caster Poul L. Rasmussen, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

23 258 CD JOHANNES HANSEN b. 1903, d Standing young woman, Signed monogram. Bronze. H. 160 cm. Literature: "Johannes Hansen. Skulptur". Published by Lyngby- Taarbæk Kommune, 1991, reprod. p. 18. Enclosed copies of letters from the artist to the first owner, dated From 1922 to 1926 Johannes Hansen studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Art under Professor and Sculptor Einar Utzon-Frank - the key figure in Danish classicistic sculpture during the inter-war period. Johannes Hansen's sculptures are likewise following the classicistic tradition - and are characterized by a discreet stylized naturalism. With its quiet expression and soulfulness, the offered figure is a prominent and nicely patinated example of the artist's work. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

24 MODERN CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. 1893, d Portrait of a lady, Signed VL. Oil on canvas. 80 x 65 cm. Literature: Wilmann and Brøns no Exhibited: "De Fire", Den Frie, Copenhagen, January 1928, no. 63, 64 or 65. Provenance: Engineer Søren Berg. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

25 CD EDVARD WEIE b. 1879, d Still life with apples. Signed EW. Oil on canvas. 66 x 82 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

26 MODERN CD OLUF HØST b. 1884, d Bognemark, Bornholm. Signed OH. Oil on canvas. 38 x 65 cm. DKK / CD EDVARD WEIE b. 1879, d "Poseidon". Study of the artist Lars Swane in the sunset. Signed E.V. Oil on board. 26 x 27 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

27 263 CD J. F. WILLUMSEN b. 1863, d Sketch for "Bjergbestigersken", ca Unsigned. Watercolour on paper. 50 x 44 cm. Literature: J. F. Willumsen: "Mine erindringer - fortalt til Ernst Mentze", Copenhagen 1953, p : During his travels in Switzerland in 1902 J. F. Willumsen does more sketches for the painting, which will eventually become his most famous - and an absolute masterpiece in Danish art: "Bjergbestigersken (A Lady mountaineer" (1904 and 1912). Willumsen writes: "Once again I started studying the human being in free air, and I did more watercolours after Edith, among them the first sketch for "Bjergbestigersken. In the summer of 1903 the newly married couple returns to Switzerland: "To my preferred Grindelwald (...) where I did a number of missing sketches for "Bjergbestigersken (...) Simultaneously Edith modelled a statue depicting me as the wanderer with the gear on my back. For a long time it had been her wish to portray me in my most happy hours". DKK / CD JOHANNES LARSEN b. 1867, d Ducks. Signed monogram 25. Oil on canvas. 52 x 61 cm. DKK BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

28 MODERN CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d Composition. Signed Appel 74. Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas. 54 x 73 cm. Provenance: Galerie Ariel, Paris. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

29 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d Composition, Signed Asger J. 4(?). Oil on canvas. 25 x 35 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Jorn in Scandinavia , no. 236, reprod. p Provenance: F.C. Boldsen s Collection, sale BR no. 59, 1955, cat. no. 53. Provenance: Poul Jørler, Copenhagen. Provenance: Leo Nissen, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

30 MODERN 267 CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d "Tutte". Unsigned. Inscribed on the reverse 2-6. Painted figure of wood. H. 52 cm. W. 13 cm. Provenance: Elise Johansen's Collection. DKK / CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d Bird bath, ca Sculpture of granite. H. 36 cm. W. 36 cm. D. 43 cm. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in the 1950 s. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

31 CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d "Manden og ægget". Signed Heerup 54. Oil on canvas. 60 x 98 cm. "I don't like to sound conceited but there is some truth in saying that I have the common touch. In the way, that I am easy to understand. People love being able to sort of lean on something". The expression "common touch" describes well the art of Henry Heerup. The popular artist with the nickname Hugga was able to create a pictorial universe understandable for the public at large. Taking well-known symbols and figures such as the heart, the egg, the cross and the wheel as his point of departure, Heerup was able to figuratively express everyday life events and in this way transform some of the great issues of life into understandable pictorial images. In the present painting "Manden og ægget" ("The Man and the Egg") from 1954, this very form rhetoric manifests itself. The egg is placed in the woman's lap, the man looking at her with astonishment. With this, fertility and the melting together of two individuals become a readable code in the painting. DKK / CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d Organic form. Unsigned. Figure of clay. H. 10 cm. L. 21 cm. Provenance: Elise Johansen's Collection. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

32 MODERN 271 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. 1910, d "Grøn maske nr. 4", Signed on the reverse Egill Jacobsen. Oil on canvas. 103 x 71 cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: Egill Jacobsen 1, no. 1939/5. Exhibited: "Egill Jacobsen", Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 7. April April 1945, cat. no. 5. Exhibited: "Den officielle danske kunstudstilling i Oslo 1946", Oslo Kunstforening, 6. April - 5. May 1946, cat. no. 71. Exhibited: "Egill Jacobsen", Louisiana, Humlebæk, Denmark, 28. November January Exhibited: Biennial of São Paolo Reprod. in the catalogue. In the revised catalogue of Egill Jacobsen s work Per Hovdenakk writes: The idea behind using the mask in the composition of a painting is to provide the colours with a supporting structure, in order to create a rhythmical basis for the disposition of the colours. For Egill Jacobsen, the mask cannot be associated with one single physiognomy in particular; the mask is rather the face of all faces. The mask should not hide the face behind, as the Carnival mask does, but rather should express and make things visible. The mask is a sign, a synthesis. The basic forms of the mask consist in quick curves, oblique verticals and floating triangles. The elements are painted with the colours still visible in the brushstrokes. At times, the mask resembles rhythmical exercises in the geometry of spontaneity. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

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34 MODERN CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. 1913, d "The Small People". Signed on the reverse Carl-Henning Pedersen Molesmes Oil on canvas. 60 x 82 cm. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK / CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d Man with a beard. Signed Heerup. Trash figure. H. 45 cm. Henry Heerup exhibited his rubbish sculptures for the first time in 1934 at the Linjen Exhibition. Being something new and exciting, the figures made a great sensation. The greater part of the visitors considered the sculptures pure entertainment and Heerup as a bit of an eccentric. Heerup didn't see this as a negative thing; the sculptures were meant to provoke. Heerup himself has defined the making of the rubbish sculptures as follows: Children have always made rubbish models. They just don't know how to keep them, and call it art - not conceited at all. (...) Everything can be used. A work of art is not better because it's more durable. My work of art is straightforward and the coloured parts give a contrast and a richness which compensates for the gold, the marble etc. Literature: Poul Gammelbo: Heerup en billedverden, 1977, p. 27. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

35 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. 1910, d "Forår i blåt". Signed on the reverse EJ 83. Oil on canvas. 130 x 97 cm. Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

36 MODERN 275 The final work at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Copyright: Karel Appel Foundation, Amsterdam 134 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

37 275 CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d Composition. Preliminary work for the mural in the Stedelijk Museum restaurant, Amsterdam, Gouache on paper. 48 x 94 cm. Literature: "Karel Appel Retrospective ", Meulensteen Art Museum, 2005, reprod. p. 71. Provenance: Bart van Kasteel, architect on the rebuilding of The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Gift from the artist. Provenance: Dutch art dealer and artist Herman Krikhaar, gift from the friend Bart van Kasteel. In 1956 the Dutch artist Karel Appel was commissioned to do the mural for the Stedelijk Museum s new restaurant. For the consignment he made use of stained glass for the first time. The vivid colours and the bird motif are, however, very characteristic elements of the art of the Cobra artist Appel for whom colour was a vital part of a spontaneous expression. The Stedelijk Museum was closely connected with the Cobra group and plays an important role in the history of the movement. In November 1949, the Museum was housing the International Exhibition of Experimenting Art, organised by the Dutch group of experimenting artists, including Appel. The exhibition caused great sensation and must be considered to be one of the most important manifestations of Cobra art during the movement s short lifetime ( ). DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

38 MODERN CD KAREL APPEL b. 1921, d Composition, Signed Appel. Mixed media on paper mounted on canvas. 28 x 39 cm. Provenance: Galerie Lelong, Paris (P99-068; # W 11769). DKK / CD PIERRE WEMAËRE b "Adolescence". Signed P. Wemaëre 61 and inscribed on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 100 x 81 cm. Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

39 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d Composition. Signed Jorn 61. Gouache and watercolour on paper. Visible size 37 x 50 cm. Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

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41 279 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. 1913, d "Himmelvogn". Signed on the reverse Carl-Henning Pedersen, Molesmes, November Oil on canvas. 145 x 290 cm. With an artistic career covering a period of more than 70 years, Carl-Henning Pedersen, who died earlier this year, is undoubtedly one of the most prominent artists in Danish 20th century art. By way of early attempts in constructive cubism, Carl-Henning Pedersen had, by the end of the 1930s, reached the spontaneous abstract expression that was to give him his breakthrough as an artist and, not least, point towards the Cobra movement ten years ahead. Carl-Henning Pedersen's works are inspired by both fables and primitive art, with canvases populated by human figures, fantasy animals and birds that seem to be floating freely in optimistic and richly coloured universes. The present painting is a monumental work from the artist's late production. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

42 MODERN 280 CD ROBERT JACOBSEN b. 1912, d Concrete sculpture, ca Signed RJ. Painted iron. 53 x 60 x 32 cm. DKK / CD CONSTANT b. 1920, d Composition. With dedication: "Pour Mme L... avec mon amitié". Signed Constant 74. Oil on paper. Visible size 43 x 56 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

43 CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d Symbolistic composition. Signed Heerup 57. Oil on sewed sackcloth. 99 x 110 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

44 MODERN 283 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. 1910, d "Karneval", Signed on the reverse Egill Jacobsen. On the reverse an overpainted picture. Oil on canvas. 100 x 72 cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: Egill Jacobsen 1, no.1944/12. Exhibited: "Egill Jacobsen", Louisiana, Humlebæk, Denmark, 28 November January 1971, cat. no. 31. In the year 1944, Egill Jacobsen painted a number of paintings with the Carnival theme. The present painting depicts this very Parade or Carnival on its way through the town. Surrounding the Parade are spectators and onlookers, some slightly frightened, others shouting with joy. The choice of colours was the same in all the Carnival paintings, contributing to the substantiation of the play of colours. The strong vivid colours no longer surprise the modern beholder of today, as it did in the 1940s. On the contrary, the colours have matured, enveloping the painting in a sort of warmth, presence and imagination originally intended by the artist. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

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46 MODERN 284 CD ASGER JORN b. 1914, d "Triumphal procession". Signed Jorn and on the reverse Asger Jorn, Silkeborg, Oil and enamel paint on canvas. 95 x 80 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Asger Jorn. The Final Years , no. 1658, reprod. p.195. Guy Atkins decribes the period from in Asger Jorn's career as follows: The period from 1954 to 1964 has been called the crucial years in the title of this book, because these years encompass Jorn's emergence as a major figure in European art. In the middle years of the decade from 1956 to 1969, he produces works of the highest quality. Jorn once explained this phenomenon to me by comparing himself to a conjurer. "The conjurer he said stands in front of his audience and gives a dazzling display in the air with his right hand, while he is quietly using his left hand under the table to boil himself an egg"". DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

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48 MODERN recto 285 CD RICHARD MORTENSEN b. 1910, d "Opus II, nr. 23". Signed on the stretcher Richard Mortensen 29-IX-43 and Troll painting, Painted on both sides. Oil on canvas. 150 x 125 cm. Literature: Jan Würtz Frandsen: "Richard Mortensen. Afklaringens år Besættelse og rekonstruktion", Copenhagen 1992, cat. no. 262 (front side) and no. 197 (reverse side), reprod. on p. 207 and 161 resp. The present painting by Richard Mortensen is in fact 146 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

49 285 - verso two paintings - both created during the Second World War. The period has been characterized as an intermezzo in the artist's production. During these years, placed between the artist's surrealist phase in the 1930s and his position in the 1950s as a pioneer in concrete art and in international modernism, Mortensen is working with a kind of expressionism, in many ways reminiscent of, and fully equalling, the future Cobra painters. Richard Mortensen was thus contributing considerably to the development of the spontaneous abstract painting in Denmark even though he was later to repress this part of his efforts - and was to be known for exactly the opposite. Almost all his works from the war years reflect on the war with its associations, but ascribe a concrete symbolic content to these works cannot easily be done as the figuration tends towards dissolution and abstraction. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

50 MODERN 286 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. 1910, d "Rød maske". Signed on the reverse EJ. 43. Oil on canvas. 85 x 65 cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: Egill Jacobsen 1, no. 1943/10. Photograph of the artist with the painting, p Exhibited: "Egill Jacobsen", Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, November 28, January 17, 1971, cat. no. 23. Exhibited: Biennial of Sao Paolo Provenance: Author and art critic Gunnar Jespersen, Holte. Not previously offered for sale. Gunnar Jespersen ( ) was trained as a journalist. From 1958 he worked as an art critic at the B.T., at the Berlingske Tidende and later on at the Politiken. Gunnar Jespersen was an early and crucial promoter of Danish post-war art, not least because of his important book "De Abstrakte" (1967) on a number of the artists belonging to the Cobra movement. He was a personal friend of several of the artists he wrote about, including Egill Jacobsen whom he met in the late 1950's. Due to Gunnar Jespersen's efforts, an important selection of Egill Jacobsen's early works, including the present work offered for sale, were preserved and saved from destruction after having been stored carelessly for a number of years in an outhouse by the artist's studio. The present painting was given to Gunnar Jespersen by Egill Jacobsen in acknowledgement of his efforts in this connection. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

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52 MODERN CD HENRY HEERUP b. 1907, d Man and cat. Signed Heerup 49. Oil on board. 60 x 73 cm. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772

53 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. 1910, d Masks in red. Signed on the reverse EJ 90. Oil on canvas. 89 x 116 cm. Exhibited: Fiac Paris, Provenance: Galerie Moderne, Silkeborg, Denmark. DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION

54 MODERN CD WILLEM DE KOONING b. 1904, d Composition. Signed de Kooning. Oil and acrylic on parchment framed behind glass. 38 x 60 cm. This work has been seen by Emily "Mimi" Kilgore who has expressed her opinion that it is authentic. Provenance: Private American collection. Gift of the artist to the former owner (a friend of de Kooning's in the late 1970's). DKK / BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 772