MODERN ART. International auction 849

MODERN ART International auction 849

MODERN ART International auction 849 AUCTION 10-19 June 2014 PREVIEW Wednesday 4 June 2 pm - 5 pm Thursday 5 June 11 am - 4 pm Friday 6 June 11 am - 4 pm Saturday 7 June 11 am - 4 pm Sunday 8 June 11 am - 4 pm Monday 9 June 11 am - 4 pm or by special appointment Bredgade 33 DK-1260 Copenhagen K Tel +45 8818 1111 Fax +45 8818 1112 info@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.com

Lot 782

Lot 786

DAYS OF SALE FINE ART + ANTIQUES Tuesday 10 June 4 pm Paintings and drawings 1-126 Wednesday 11 June 2 pm Russian sale 127-170 Silver and ceramics 171-219 Furniture, bronzes and clocks 220-326 Thursday 12 June 2 pm Toy Museum of North Zealand 327 Oriental sale 328-437 Oriental carpets 438-490 Monday 16 June 3 pm Jewellery 491-673 Wristwatches and Hermès handbags 674-742 MODERN ART Tuesday 17 June 4 pm Modern paintings and sculptures 743-877 Wednesday 18 June 2 pm Modern paintings and sculptures 878-1001 Prints 1002-1056 Photographs 1057-1073 NORDIC DESIGN Wednesday 18 June 5 pm Silver 1074-1115 Decorative art 1116-1144 Thursday 19 June 3 pm Design 1145-1304 DEADLINE FOR CLAIMING ITEMS: 2 JULY Items bought at Auction 849 must be paid no later than eight days from the date of the invoice and claimed on Bredgade 33 by Wednesday 2 July 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.

Lot 747

MODERNE KUNST International auktion 849 AUKTION 10. - 19. juni 2014 EFTERSYN Onsdag 4. juni kl. 14-17 Torsdag 5. juni kl. 11-16 Fredag 6. juni kl. 11-16 Lørdag 7. juni kl. 11-16 Søndag 8. juni kl. 11-16 Mandag 9. juni kl. 11-16 Danske katalogtekster kan ses på bruun-rasmussen.dk Bredgade 33 1260 København K Tel +45 8818 1111 Fax +45 8818 1112 info@bruun-rasmussen.dk bruun-rasmussen.dk

Lot 792

AUKTIONSKALENDER FINE ART + ANTIQUES Tirsdag Onsdag Torsdag 10. juni kl. 16 Malerier og skulpturer 1-126 11. juni kl. 14 Russisk auktion 127-170 Sølv og keramik 171-219 Møbler, bronzer og ure 220-326 12. juni kl. 14 Nordsjællands Legetøjsmuseum 327 Orientalsk auktion 328-437 Orientalske tæpper 438-490 Mandag 16. juni kl. 15 Smykker 491-673 Armbåndsure og Hermès tasker 674-742 MODERN ART Tirsdag 17. juni kl. 16 Moderne malerier og skulpturer 743-877 Onsdag 18. juni kl. 14 Moderne malerier og skulpturer 878-1001 Grafik 1002-1056 Fotografier 1057-1073 NORDIC DESIGN Onsdag 18. juni kl. 17 Sølv 1074-1115 Moderne kunsthåndværk 1116-1144 Torsdag 19. juni kl. 15 Design 1145-1304 SIDSTE FRIST FOR AFHENTNING: ONSDAG DEN 2. JULI Effekter købt på auktion 849 skal være betalt senest 8 dage efter fakturadatoen og afhentet i Bredgade 33 senest onsdag den 2. juli. 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.

Paul Gauguin og Georges Braque kunst i verdensklasse Det bliver heldigvis mere og mere almindeligt, at værker af den internationale kunsthistories allerstørste navne dukker op på det danske auktionsmarked. Det er tilfældet på sommerens auktion i Bredgade, hvor vi præsenterer to tidlige værker af Paul Gauguin og et stilleben af Georges Braque, alle fra danske samlinger. Bord de l Aven lyder titlen på værket af den franske kunstner Paul Gauguin, der boede i Danmark pga. sit ægteskab med Mette Gad. Maleriet skildrer floden Aven i Bretagne og er udført i ca. 1886-88, hvor Gauguin i længere perioder befandt sig i kunstnerbyen Pont-Aven. Han har anvendt den impressionistiske flimrende øjebliksskildring og spontane placering af små penselstrøg, der gik forud for kunstnerens senere fladebetonede og symbolistiske formsprog. Vi har fået verificeret værket på Wildenstein Institute i Paris, og det vil nu blive optaget i Catalogue Critique de l Oeuvre du Peintre Paul Gauguin. På auktionen er kunstneren også repræsenteret med en charmerende opstilling med kirsebær og en vinkaraffel, som han malede som helt ung i årene mellem 1874-1878. Begge maleriers proveniens går tilbage til Mette Gad, og de har været udbudt på auktion i Bredgade hos min far Arne Bruun Rasmussen i henholdsvis 1954 og 1976 (kat.nr. 776 og 782). Når Gauguin står os særligt nær, skyldes det en auktionsscene i instruktøren Henning Carlsens film Oviri fra 1986 med Donald Sutherland i hovedrollen som Gauguin. Heri forsøger kunstneren at sælge en række af sine egne værker på auktion for at finansiere en rejse til Stillehavet. Scenen blev optaget i vores auktionssal i Bredgade, og det var undertegnede, der iført jaket svingede elfenbenshammeren over Gauguins værker. Kirsebærerne går igen i stillebenet Le compotier fra 1942 af landsmanden Georges Braque, der imidlertid var af en helt anden støbning. Med den kubistiske fragmentering og anvendelse af simultane perspektiver dannede han sammen med Pablo Picasso fortrop i et af de betydeligste paradigmeskift i den moderne kunst. I 1940 erne spillede stillebenet en central rolle i Braques kunst, og det udbudte værk står som et repræsentativt og yderst velkomponeret værk fra perioden. De opstillede effekter anskues både frontalt og fra oven på én og samme tid, og værkets udtryk svinger mellem rumlighed og flade et vidnesbyrd om, at Braque fastholdt kubismens læresætninger livet igennem (kat.nr. 779). Med værker af danske og internationale navne sætter vi også fokus på kunstfotografiet i anledning af Copenhagen Photo Festival den 5.-15. juni. Olafur Eliasson fører an med fotografier fra den kendte serie The Iceland series fra begyndelsen af 00 erne stærkt efterfulgt af den fransk-ungarske fotograf Brassaïs gengivelse af Place de la Concorde i Paris fra 1939 (kat.nr. 1057 og 1072). På eftersynet søndag den 8. juni kl. 14 inviterer vi til foredrag om kunstfotografiets rolle i samtidskunsten ved Kristine Kern fra Fotografisk Center. Per Kirkeby og Michael Kvium betragtes som nogle af dansk kunsts vigtigste nulevende kunstnere, og på auktionen præsenterer vi denne gang en række vægtige værker af dem begge. Det gælder f.eks. Kirkebys store maleri U.T. fra 2006 og Kviums to karakteristiske malerier fra omkring årtusindeskiftet, der råt for usødet skildrer menneskets vrangsider og deformiteter (kat.nr. 855, 852 og 862). Rigtig god fornøjelse! Jesper Bruun Rasmussen

Paul Gauguin and Georges Braque world class art Fortunately, it is becoming more and more common for works by some of the greatest names in international art history to show up on the Danish auction market. This is also the case at this summer s auction at Bredgade, when we will be presenting two early works by Paul Gauguin and a still-life by Georges Braque, all from Danish collections. Bord de l Aven is the title of the work by the French artist Paul Gauguin, who had ties to Denmark through his marriage to Mette Gad. The work, which depicts the river Aven in Brittany, was painted in c. 1886-88, a time when Gauguin for longer periods stayed in the artist town of Pont-Aven. The painting is a shimmering, Impressionist snapshot with the characteristic spontaneous application of small brush strokes which preceded his later emphasis on the surface and Symbolist idiom. We have had the work verified at the Wildenstein Institute in Paris, and it will now be listed in the Catalogue Critique de l Oeuvre du Peintre Paul Gauguin. The artist is also represented at the auction with a charming still-life of cherries and a wine decanter that he painted as a young man in the years from 1874 1878. The provenance of both paintings can be traced back to Mette Gad, and they have both been offered for sale by my father Arne Bruun Rasmussen in 1954 and 1976 respectively (cat.no. 776 and 782). If we, at Bruun Rasmussen, feel a special affinity to Gauguin, it is thanks to an auction scene in film director Henning Carlsen s movie Oviri (The Wolf At The Door) from 1986 starring Donald Sutherland as Gauguin. At one point, the artist tries to sell a number of his own paintings at auction to finance a trip to the Pacific. The scene was filmed at our location at Bredgade, and I had the honour to perform as the auctioneer! Cherries make a further appearance in the still-life Le compotier from 1942 by Gauguin s compatriot Georges Braque, who was of a different ilk entirely, however. With their Cubist fragmentation and use of simultaneous perspectives, he and Pablo Picasso were at the forefront of one of the most significant paradigm shifts in modern art. In the 1940s, the still-life played a central role in Braque s art, and the work up for auction is a representative and extremely well-composed work from the period. The arranged objects are viewed both from the front and from above at the same time, and the work s expression fluctuates between three-dimensional and flat evidence that Braque adhered to the doctrine of Cubism throughout his life (cat.no. 779). With works by Danish and international artists, we also focus on art photography during Copenhagen Photo Festival from 5 15 June. Olafur Eliasson leads the pack with photographs from his famous Iceland Series from the early 00s, closely followed by French-Hungarian photographer Brassaïs depiction of Place de la Concorde, Paris, in 1939 (cat.no. 1057 and 1072). At the preview at 2 pm on Sunday 8 June, we invite you to a gallery talk on the role of photography in contemporary art by Kristine Kern from Fotografisk Center. Per Kirkeby and Michael Kvium are considered two of the most important Danish artists alive today, and at the auction we will be presenting a number of important works by both, including Kirkeby s large painting U.T. from 2006 and Kvium s two distinctive paintings from around the turn of the millennium no holds barred depictions of people with all their peculiarities and deformities (cat.no. 855, 852 and 862). I hope you will enjoy the show! Jesper Bruun Rasmussen

Lot 858

SPECIALISTS IN MODERN ART AND DESIGN Paintings, sculptures and prints Niels Raben +45 8818 1181 nr@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings, sculptures and prints Niels Boe Hauggaard +45 8818 1182 nbh@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings, sculptures and prints Annemette Müller Fokdal +45 8818 1196 amf@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings and design Peter Beck Aarhus +45 8818 1186 pb@bruun-rasmussen.dk Photographs Christine Almlund +45 8818 1216 cal@bruun-rasmussen.dk Paintings and design Frederik Bruun Rasmussen +45 8818 1003 fbr@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design Peter Kjelgaard +45 8818 1191 pkj@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design Ole Ravn +45 8818 1192 olr@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design Amalie Hansen +45 8818 1194 amh@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design Anna B. Widenborg +45 8818 1187 awi@bruun-rasmussen.dk Design Peter Tholstrup Aarhus +45 8818 1195 pt@bruun-rasmussen.dk Silver and public relations Alexa Bruun Rasmussen +45 8818 1091 alexa@bruun-rasmussen.dk Jeudan parkering Dr. Tværgade offers Bruun Rasmussen clients a 50% parking discount. Further information available at the front desk during the preview and auction.

MODERN PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES Tuesday 17 June 4 pm Lot 743-877 Lot 779

743 743 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 "Vinternat" (Winter night), Bornholm. Double signed OH 28-2-1948. Oil on canvas. 27 x 46 cm. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,000-5,350 744 CD J. F. WILLUMSEN b. Copenhagen 1863, d. Cannes 1958 Coastal scene from Le Pouldu, Brittany. Signed JFW, 8. Sept. 1909, Pouldu. Oil on canvas. 26 x 32 cm. Provenance: Insurance agent Svend Bramsen, Frederiksberg, hence by descent in his family. 744 In the period 1909-1910 J. F. Willumsen works with studies for the large bathing scene "Sol og ungdom" (Sun and Youth) (1910, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden) at Skagen beach, in Copenhagen and at the seaside resort of Le Pouldu in Brittany. DKK 25,000 / 3,350 16 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

745 745 CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. Copenhagen 1893, d. s.p. 1950 "Opstilling. En appelsin, stabel af papirruller og en lille gul kande" (Still life. An orange, a stack of paper rolls and a little yellow pitcher), 1943-44. Signed on the reverse VL. Oil on canvas. 74 x 60 cm. Literature: Marianne Brøns & Preben Wilmann: "Lundstrøm", Copenhagen 1977, no. 363. Exhibited: "Vilhelm Lundstrøms Mindeudstilling", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen; Raadhushallen, Aarhus and Kunstnernes Hus, Olso 1951, cat. no. 143. Exhibited: "Herbert Jerichows samling af moderne kunst", Gentofte Rådhus, 1960, cat. no. 61. Provenance: The collection of Director Herbert Jerichow, Hellerup. His catalogue no. 207. Catalogue enclosed. DKK 150,000-200,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 17

746 746 CD JOHANNES C. BJERG b. Ødis 1886, d. Copenhagen 1955 "Lucretia". Signed J.C. Bjerg 1915. Red-brown patinated bronze on wooden plinth. Total H. 53 cm. Literature: Ill. and mentioned in Kresten Bjerg's catalogue raisonné of the sculptures by Johannes C. Bjerg at www.johannesbjerg.com Exhibited: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen 1915, this sculpture or similar specimen, cat. no. 245. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,000-5,350 18 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

747 747 CD JAIS NIELSEN b. Copenhagen 1885, d. Hellerup 1961 Interior with young girl, Paris. Signed Jais 16. Oil on canvas. 100 x 79 cm. Literature: Serge Fauchereau: "Jais Nielsen 1885-1961", p. 10. Exhibited: "Jais Nielsen", Galerie 1900-2000, Paris 1986, cat. no. 8, ill. in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Jais Nielsen", Sophienholm and Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark 1985, cat. no. 19, ill. in the catalogue fig. 6. DKK 100,000-125,000 / 13,500-16,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 19

748 748 CD WILLIAM SCHARFF b. Copenhagen 1886, d. s.p. 1959 "Dameportræt, profil" (A lady's portrait, profile). Signed WS-17. Oil on canvas. 56 x 66 cm. Literature: Ernst Mentze: "William Scharff - En kunstner og hans tid", Copenhagen 1958, ill. p. 61. Provenance: Dansk Kunsthandel, Nikolaj Plads, Copenhagen (stamped at the reverse DK nr. 223). Provenance: Bruun Rasmussen Kunstauktioner, 1974, auction 312, cat. no. 15. Acquired here by the present owner. DKK 50,000-60,000 / 6,700-8,050 20 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

749 749 CD OLAF RUDE b. Rakvere, Estland 1886, d. Frederiksberg 1957 Cubistic composition, c. 1918. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 68 x 66 cm. Literature: Kunsthistorisk Billedarkiv (The National art historical photograph collection), Danmarks Kunstbibliotek (National Art Library), the work is registrered and photographed as pl. 63 in the archive of the works of Olaf Rude, dated c. 1918 and numbered 338/21. DKK 200,000-250,000 / 27,000-33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 21

750 750 CD HANS SCHERFIG b. Copenhagen 1905, d. Fredensborg 1979 Two elephants playing in the jungle. Signed Scherfig 1953. Tempera on masonite. 28 x 68 cm. Literature: Lena Lamberth (ed): "Scherfig Katalog. Samlet fortegnelse over Hans Scherfigs billedkunst 1905-1979", Copenhagen 2006, no. 445. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 751 CD HANS SCHERFIG b. Copenhagen 1905, d. Fredensborg 1979 "Syv giraffer" (Seven Giraffes). Signed Scherfig 1964. Tempera on masonite. 40 x 57 cm. Literature: Lena Lamberth (ed): "Scherfig katalog. Samlet fortegnelse over Hans Scherfigs billedkunst 1905-1979"; Lithograph with almost similar motif ill. p. 646. DKK 50,000 / 6,700 751 22 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

752 752 CD HANS SCHERFIG b. Copenhagen 1905, d. Fredensborg 1979 "Urskovsbillede" (Jungle picture). Signed Scherfig 1948. Tempera on masonite. 101 x 122 cm. Exhibited: "Hans Scherfig", Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 1995. DKK 150,000-200,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 23

753 JENS ADOLF JERICHAU b. Roskilde 1890, d. Paris 1916 "Det blå bjerg" (The blue mountain), Bandol, South France. Signed J.A. Jerichau 1915. Oil on canvas. 46 x 38 cm. Literature: Troels Andersen: "Jens Adolf Jerichau 1890-1916", Copenhagen 1983, no. 127, ill. p. 191. DKK 25,000 / 3,350 753 754 RAGNHILD KEYSER b. Kristiania 1889, d. Oslo 1943 French landscape. From Provence, 1923-25. Signed Keyser. Oil on board. 35 x 26 cm. Exhibited: "Ragnhild Keyser. Fra plankubisme til naturalisme" (Ragnhild Keyser. From Cubism to Naturalism), Galleri F15, Moss and Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway 1999, ill. in the catalogue, full page in colours p. 35. The catalogue is enclosed. DKK 20,000 / 2,700 754 24 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

755 755 CD GERHARD HENNING b. Stockholm 1880, d. Hellerup 1967 Reclining young girl, (1942-43). Artificial stone. H. 106 cm. L. 135 cm. D. 81 cm. Base in artificial stone in two parts (not ill.) H.50 cm. L. 135 cm. D. 81 cm. Literature: Haavard Rostrup: "Gerhard Henning. En Mindebog", ill. p. 96. A cast in bronze is placed at Grønningen in Copenhagen and a version in limestone is in the collection of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. DKK 100,000-150,000 / 13,500-20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 25

756 Recto 756 KARL ISAKSON b. Stockholm 1878, d. Copenhagen 1922 Still life, c. 1908-10. Signed K.I. Oil on canvas. Painted recto et verso. 53 x 59 cm. Provenance: Engineer C. L. Holtman, Copenhagen. Hence by descent in the family and not previously offered for sale. DKK 50,000 / 6,700 756 Verso 26 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

757 757 CD OLAF RUDE b. Rakvere, Estland 1886, d. Frederiksberg 1957 Still life with calla lily on a table. Signed Olaf Rude. Oil on canvas. 82 x 65 cm. Provenance: Arne Bruun Rasmussen auction 54, Copenhagen, October 1954, cat. no. 133, ill. in the catalogue. DKK 50,000-75,000 / 6,700-10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 27

758 758 CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. Øster Assels 1895, d. Skovshoved 1957 Fishing boats at the coast. Signed Jens Søndergaard. Oil on canvas. 92 x 112 cm. DKK 50,000-60,000 / 6,700-8,050 28 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

759 759 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 The boat is pulled ashore, the Faroe Islands. Signed S. J-Mikines 1960. Oil on canvas. 95 x 110 cm. DKK 50,000-60,000 / 6,700-8,050 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 29

760 760 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 "Bognemark, Eftermiddag", Bornholm (Bognemark, Afternoon). Signed (indistinctly) monogram 43, Barwenkowo. Oil on canvas. 46 x 65 cm. DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10,000 761 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 View of Gudhjem, Bornholm. Double signed OH. Oil on canvas. 33 x 54 cm. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6,700 761 30 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

762 762 CD VILHELM LUNDSTRØM b. Copenhagen 1893, d. s.p. 1950 Still life, 1939. Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 81 x 65 cm. Literature: Preben Wilmann & Marianne Brøns: "Lundstrøm", Copenhagen 1977, no. 307 A. Provenance: Sparekasserevisor J.W. Larsen. DKK 200,000-250,000 / 27,000-33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 31

763 CD JAIS NIELSEN b. Copenhagen 1885, d. Hellerup 1961 "Skakspillerne" (The chess players). Signed Jais-19. Oil on canvas. 135 x 100 cm. Literature: Anne Blond, Anne Højer Petersen and Ove Mogensen (ed.): "Jais Niel sen 1885-1961 - Maleri Keramik Udsmykning", Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum and Kunstmuseet i Tønder 2009-10, ill. p. 60. Exhibited: "Jais Nielsen", Sophienholm, Lyngby and Horsens Kunstmuseum 1985, cat. no. 45, ill. full page in colours as fig. 15. DKK 300,000-400,000 / 40,000-53,500 32 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

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764 764 CD HOLGER WEDERKINCH b. Sønderby, Femø 1886, d. Copenhagen 1959 "Ørn, Los, Hare" (Eagle, Lynx, Hare), 1917. Signed Holger Wederkinch. Red Scandinavian granite. H. incl. octagonal base 142 cm. Literature: Bjørn Nørgaard: "Hist hvor vejen slår en bugt..." IN "Cras - Tidsskrift for kunst og kultur XLI", Silkeborg Kunstmuseums Forlag 1985, the sculpture ill. in the garden by the artist's studio, p. 74. Exhibited: "Arbejder af Holger Wederkinch" (Works by Holger Wederkinch), Den Frie Udstillings Bygning, Copenhagen, January 1923, cat. no. 2, ill. in the cat. p. 3. Exhibited: Societé Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris 1924. Provenance: By descent in the artist's family; hence in private ownership, Denmark. "I prefer to work in stone, in whose random form I compose my figures, using the material to the full, in which the work is bound from its birth". The artist's text for "Dansk Biografisk Haandleksikon" (Danish Biographical Encyclopedia), 1924. Please notice: Preview at "Havnen" - Sundkrogsgade 30, 2150 Nordhavn. DKK 75,000-100,000 / 10,000-13,500 34 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

765 765 CD HOLGER WEDERKINCH b. Sønderby, Femø 1886, d. Copenhagen 1959 "La France Renaissante". Signed Wederkinch 1929. Patinated bronze. H. 98 cm. W. 108 cm. Literature: Bjørn Nørgaard: "Hist hvor vejen slår en bugt..." IN "Cras - Tidsskrift for kunst og kultur XLI", Silkeborg Kunstmuseums Forlag 1985, the sculpture ill. in the artist's studio, p. 84. Provenance: The artist's family. The sculpture in large size was set up at Pont Bir Hakeim in Paris 1930. DKK 50,000 / 6,700 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 35

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768 766 CD JENS SØNDERGAARD b. Øster Assels 1895, d. Skovshoved 1957 Figures by the sea. Signed Jens Søndergaard. Oil on canvas. 90 x 112 cm. DKK 50,000-75,000 / 6,700-10,000 768 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 Whale killing scene, the Faroe Islands. Signed S. J-Mikines. Oil on canvas. 65 x 80 cm. DKK 50,000 / 6,700 767 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 Kostald (Cow shed), Bornholm. Signed O.H. Oil on canvas. 39 x 65 cm. DKK 75,000 / 10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 37

769 769 CD GERHARD HENNING b. Stockholm 1880, d. Hellerup 1967 Amor og psyche. Figure group. Patinated bronze. Signed G. Henning, no. III. Stamped L. Rasmussen, Copenhagen. H. 25. H. incl. stand 28 cm. Literature: Hertz: Billedhuggeren Gerhard Henning, 1931. The model ill. p. 152. DKK 30,000-40,000 / 4,000-5,350 38 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

770 770 CD SVEND JOHANSEN b. Copenhagen 1890, d. Gentofte 1970 Højbro Square with the Christianborg Castle in the background. Signed on the reverse Svend Johansen. Oil on canvas. 135 x 116 cm. Exhibited: "De 4s Udstilling", Den Fries Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen 1928, cat. no. 25, ill. in the catalogue. DKK 60,000 / 8,050 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 39

771 771 CD OLUF HØST b. Svaneke 1884, d. Gudhjem 1966 Figures in a rocky landscape, Bornholm. Signed OH. Oil on canvas. 81 x 130 cm. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 40 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

772 772 CD SAMUEL JOENSEN-MIKINES b. Mykines 1906, d. Copenhagen 1979 Whale killing scene, the Faroe Islands. Signed S. J-Mikines 58. Oil on canvas. 110 x 150 cm. DKK 100,000-125,000 / 13,500-16,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 41

773 CD ISAAC GRÜNEWALD b. Stockholm 1889, d. 1946 Portrait of a young woman in a blue dress. Sketch on the reverse. Unsigned, with dedication. Between late 1920s and early 1930s. Oil on canvas. 57 x 43 cm. Provenance: Isaac Grünewald stay on several occasions with the Ulander family in Copenhagen. This work was acquired directly from the artist. Letter from the expert Katarina Borgh Bertorp, Stockholm, to follow this lot. DKK 60,000-80,000 / 8,050-10,500 773 774 CD ISAAC GRÜNEWALD b. Stockholm 1889, d. 1946 Interior with violin player. Unsigned. Watercolour on paper. Sheet size 36 x 25 cm. DKK 40,000 / 5,350 774 42 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

775 775 CD CARL KYLBERG b. Fridene, Skaraborgs len 1878, d. 1952 Sunset over the Sea, c. 1936-41. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 86 x 100 cm. In the artist's original frame. 775 Self portrait. Signed Carl Kylberg. Indian ink on paper. Sheet size 21 x 16 cm. Sunset over Sea, c. 1936-41. Unsigned. Pencil on paper. Sheet size 21 x 28 cm. (3) 775 Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. Acquired directly from the artist. The painting was probably painted at the artist's summer residence, "Kylbergshus" in Aalsgaarde, Denmark, which he acquired around 1936. The seller's family borrowed the house in North Zealand during the summers of World War II, when the artist was unable to travel to Denmark. DKK 150,000-200,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 43

Paul Gauguin 1888. Photo reproduced from Maurice Malingue: Lettres de Gauguin, Paris 1949, pl. 2. Paul Gauguin in Pont-Aven Since we offered it for sale at auction in 1954, the painting Bord de l Aven has enjoyed a relatively obscure existence in Danish ownership. The Wildenstein Institute in Paris has recently dated the work to 1886 1888, the time when Paul Gauguin had two extended stays in Pont-Aven in Brittany; the first time from June to October 1886, and the second from February to October 1888. Paul Gauguin had left behind a Danish wife and family life in Copenhagen, which was increasingly falling apart, as a result of his radical decision to leave a financially comfortable position as a banker in Paris in pursuit of a career as an artist. By the late 1870s, Gauguin had already made the acquaintance of the grand old man of Impressionism, Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), who would provide the inspiration he needed to realise his dream of becoming an artist. His first stay in Pont-Aven was productive, and in October 1886 he wrote to his wife Mette that he was doing a lot of studies of the landscape around Pont-Aven and spontaneous paintings of the nature. The Wildenstein catalogue notes that small, vibrating brush strokes which very much define the work up for auction are a common feature of his paintings from this time, also as a reminiscence of the artist s brief Neo- Impressionist phase. The same features are found in works from the artist s second stay in Pont-Aven in 1888, together with examples of a more synthetic emphasis on the surface, which the artist had begun to take on on the Caribbean island of Martinique in the intervening period, and which would later become his signature. In his book on his parents, Mette and Paul Gauguin (Copenhagen, 1956), Gauguin s son Pola describes the challenges his father faced during the second Pont-Aven stay as a battle between two conflicting trends: (...) on the one hand, a colour-rhythmic pictorial effect, and on the other, one of a distinct definition of form (...). The surface of the painting in Bord de l Aven is a shimmering, impressionistic array of hues and contrasts, in which a spatial perspective occurs in the interaction between very fine and broader brush strokes. The contours of the river bank in particular also endow the painting with a distinct line, which discreetly accentuates the painting as a decorative surface. The work Bord de l Aven thus casts an interesting new light over the world-famous artist, who at this time is in a period of personal and artistic unrest. BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 45

Detail 776 PAUL GAUGUIN b. Paris 1848, d. Fatu-Iwa 1903 "Bord de l'aven" (The Banks of River Aven), Brittany, c. 1886-1888. Signed P.G. and attested on the reverse by his son, Pola Gauguin. Oil on canvas. 46 x 37 cm. This work will be included in the "Catalogue Critique de l'oeuvre du Peintre Paul Gauguin" prepared by the Wildenstein Institute, Paris. Certificate from the Wildenstein Institute, Paris, signed by Guy Wildenstein and dated April 8, 2014, to follow this lot. Attested at the reverse by the artist's som, Pola Gauguin, December 14, 1955 in Copenhagen: "Je certifie que cette peinture est un oevre authentique de mon père Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), probablement 1885". Provenance: Professor, medical doctor Erik Husfeldt (1901-1984), Copenhagen. Provenance: Arne Bruun Rasmussen Auction 54, Copenhagen, October 1954 cat. no. 51, ill. in the catalogue. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. DKK 2,000,000-2,500,000 / 270,000-335,000 46 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

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777 777 EDVARD WEIE b. Copenhagen 1879, d. Frederiksberg 1943 "Dame paa Terrassen" (Lady on the terrace), 1937-38. Unsigned; marked and titled on the stretcher. Oil on canvas. 79 x 99 cm. Exhibited: "Edvard Weie": Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1962, cat. no. 56. Provenance: The collection of Director Herbert Jerichow, Hellerup. His catalogue no. 376. Catalogue enclosed. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 48 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

778 778 HER MAJESTY QUEEN MARGRETHE II OF DENMARK b. Copenhagen 1940 A vineyard, Cayx, Southern France. Signed M-82. Pastel on paper. Visible size 48 x 63 cm. Provenance: Gift from Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to the painter Preben Hornung. Hence by descent in his family. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 49

Georges Braque s cubist still-life As the founders of Cubism in the years from 1907 1914, Georges Braque (1882-1963) and Pablo Picasso were the godfathers of what was probably the most significant landslide and paradigm shift in modern art. The fragmentation of the picture plane and the use of multiple perspectives or viewpoints in the same painting is a radical contribution to an art debate ongoing since the Renaissance: Reality versus art and the relationship between the way we experience and depict our spatial surroundings. For Braque, this schism is not merely a passing interest in the earliest years of Cubism, but fuel for an artistic life project, and up to the mid-1940s, the cubist still-life is completely central to his art. Le compotier is the title of the work up for auction, and it is a representative, well composed and highly serene still-life from 1942, in which the artist balances a few typical elements on a canvas that visually fluctuates between three-dimensional and flat. Due to the marked contrast of the foreground and background colour, the fruit bowl and the wine glass are clearly placed in a three-dimensional setting, but they are viewed both from the front and the top. At the same time, the bright, white contour renders the fruit bowl two-dimensional, attaching it decoratively to the surface of the painting. The overlaying of the pear, glass, napkin and books with fragments of text also pulls it back to early Cubism. 50 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

779 779 CD GEORGES BRAQUE b. Argenteuil 1882, d. Paris 1963 "Le compotier", 1942. Signed G. Braque. Oil on canvas. 35 x 46 cm. Literature: Maeght (red.): "Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Georges Braque, Peintures 1942-1947", Paris 1960, ill. as pl. 32. Provenance: Private collection, Paris, France. Provenance: Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, Switzerland. Provenance: Mr. Held, Lausanne, Switzerland (acquired from the above). Provenance: Hr. Charles Nilsson, Stockholm, Sweden (acquired from the above). Provenance: Galerie René Drouet, Paris, France. Provenance: Mr. & Mrs. Neison Harris, Chicago, U.S.A. (acquired from the above, June 19 1972, hence by descent in their family). Provenance: Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale 1570, lot 10, Rockefeller Plaza, New York, November 1, 2005, ill. in the catalogue. Acquired here by the present owner. DKK 1,500,000-2,000,000 / 200,000-270,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 51

780 780 HARALD GIERSING b. Copenhagen 1881, d. s.p. 1927 "Selvportræt i blaat under tagvindue" (Self portrait in blue under a skylight), 1920. Unsigned. Oil on board. 76 x 50 cm. Exhibited: "Harald Giersing Mindeudstilling", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 1927, cat. no. 259. Provenance: Fru Besse Giersing. Provenance: Merchant James Meyer, Copenhagen. Hence by descent in the family. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 52 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

781 781 CD BRUNO CASSINARI b. Piacenza 1912, d. Milano 1992 "Nature Morte", 1952. Signed Cassinari. Oil on canvas. 59 x 69 cm. Exhibited: "Fremmed Kunst i Dansk Eje" (Foreign Art in Danish Private Collections), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 1964, cat. no. 51. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6,700 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 53

782 782 PAUL GAUGUIN b. Paris 1848, d. Fatu-Iwa 1903 "Cerises et Carafon" (Cherries and Carafe). Painted 1874-1878, presumably 1875-77, the presence of cherries would indicate a summer date. Label on the stretcher with the text: "Malet af Paul Gauguin hvilket bevidnes - Pola Gauguin, p.t. Fairy Hill, Kvistgaard" (Painted by Paul Gauguin - as witnessed by Pola Gauguin, p.t. Fairy Hill, Kvistgaard). Oil on canvas. 33 x 54 cm. Literature: Daniel Wildenstein: "Gauguin: Premier itineraire d'un Sauvage: Catalogue de l'oeuvre peint (1873-1888)", 2001, no. 24. Exhibited: "Gauguin og Danmark" (Gauguin and Denmark), Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, January 11- March 10 1985, cat. no. 4. Provenance: Mette Gauguin, Copenhagen. Provenance: Pola Gauguin. Provenance: Mme Holstein-Ratlou, Copenhagen, c. 1945. Provenance: Paul Christiansen, Copenhagen. Provenance: Arne Bruun Rasmussen auction 344, Copenhagen, April 1976, cat. no. 16, ill. in the catalogue. Acquired here by the present owner. DKK 1,000,000-1,500,000 / 135,000-200,000 54 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

783 783 CD ELSE ALFELT b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p. 1974 Mountain Peaks, c. 1945-49. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 96 x 67 cm. DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10,000 56 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

784 784 CD CORNEILLE b. Liège 1922, d. 2010 "Images du quotidien, No. II" (Everyday images, No. II). Signed Corneille '62; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 65 x 100 cm. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. DKK 250,000-300,000 / 33,500-40,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 57

785 785 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. 2006 Figure composition. Signed CK. Appel 59. Gouache on paper. Sheet size 25 x 17 cm. DKK 20,000-25,000 / 2,700-3,350 786 CD PIERRE ALECHINSKY b. Bruxelles 1927 "La Fête pourvu que ca dure", 1963. Signed Alechinsky; signed, titled and dated with dedication on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 61 x 46 cm. Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. DKK 200,000-300,000 / 27,000-40,000 58 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

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787 787 CD MOGENS BALLE b. Copenhagen 1921, d. Asminderup 1988 Composition. Signed M.B. Oil on canvas. 40 x 50 cm. DKK 25,000 / 3,350 60 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

788 788 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 Landscape with figures. Signed on the reverse A. Jorn 1954, M.G.A. Ceramic relief, enclosed latter tailored wood flightcase. 33 x 46,5 cm. Literature: Ursula Lehmann-Brockhaus: "Asger Jorn i Italien", ill. p. 66 and on the cover. Exhibited: "Asger Jorn i Italien", Silkeborg Kunstmuseum; Museum Villa Stuck, München and Kunsthalle in Emden, 2007. Lars Morell on the present relief: "In August 1954, Jorn arranged a ceramics conference at Manifattura Giuseppe Mazotti in Albissola. This relief was probably made on that occasion, making it one of the first works produced by Jorn in Albissola, where many of his later masterpieces came to be. By their nature, reliefs lie somewhere between pottery and painting because the clay is rolled out into a sheet to form a "canvas". With these reliefs, Jorn transferred his experience with ceramics to the painting. The black scratches in the clay, the glaze "which is thin when poured on and becomes glass-like when fired" changed his colour vision. The motif of the man and the bird is still reminiscent of CoBrA in its structure, but everything that happened in Jorn's art during the 1950s is hidden in this small relief." DKK 80,000-100,000 / 10,500-13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 61

789 789 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p. 1998 "Spirende aggression" (Emerging Aggression), 1972. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 41 x 31 cm. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6,700 62 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

790 790 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p. 2007 "Enhjørning og blå dame" (Unicorn and the Blue Lady), 1991. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 124 x 102 cm. DKK 250,000 / 33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 63

791 Verso 64 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

791 Recto 791 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Didaska", 1944. Signed Asger J. 44 "DIDA" with dedication: "Med tak og venlig hilsen Asger Jorn" (with thanks and kind regards, Asger Jorn). Verso: Troll. Oil on canvas. 32 x 43 cm. This painting was until recently unknown to the public. The authenticity has kindly been confirmed by Troels Andersen, former director of Silkeborg Kunstmuseum (Museum Jorn). The work is listed in the archives at Museum Jorn, as no. S. 39 c. DKK 300,000-350,000 / 40,000-47,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 65

792 CD ERIK THOMMESEN b. Copenhagen 1916, d. 2008 "Pige med fletning" (Girl with Braid). Signed Erik 1944. Executed on Bornholm. Ash wood. H. 155 cm. Literature: "The sculptor Erik Thommesen", 2001, Henning Jørgensen's catalogue raisonné no. 46. Provenance: Architect Finn Juhl. Provenance: Architect Arne Jacobsen. Provenance: Architects Ina and Steen Østergaard. It is a great honour at this auction to present a great work by Erik Thommesen. An example of the artist's sovereign and singular approach; works of illustrious provenance that have belonged to two of the greatest masters of Danish furniture design, Finn Juhl and Arne Jacobsen respectively. Erik Thommesen started creating wooden sculptures in the late 1930s and his affiliation with the artist association Høstudstillingen made him a natural part of the CoBrA movement in the late 1940s. His affinity with the abstract-expressive CoBrA artists isn't based on the formal, exterior aspects of his art - rather in the notion that art should be something universally human. Early in his artistic career, Thommesen focused his attention on a number of aspects of human nature that were to become recurrent motifs of his art: the girl with braids, the head, the man and woman, mother and child. Over time, Thommesen's work distances itself from its naturalistic origin whereby the motif in a subtle, roundabout way reached a symbiosis with its material source: wood, nature. His works evade definable form to become independent, rhythmic, elevated and enigmatic existences in space. DKK 300,000-400,000 / 40,000-53,500 66 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

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792 793 793 CD PIERRE WEMAËRE b. Comines 1913, d. 2010 "Jardin cloturé", 1970. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 59 x 72 cm. DKK 20,000-25,000 / 2,700-3,350 68 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

794 794 CD ERIK ORTVAD b. Frederiksberg 1917, d. Kvänjarp, Sweden 2008 Composition, 1946. Signed E.O.; signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 80 x 94 cm. DKK 60,000-75,000 / 8,050-10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 69

795 795 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p. 2007 "Siddende figur" (Seated figure), Molesmes 1988. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 70 x 60 cm. DKK 125,000 / 16,500 70 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

796 796 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Far og søn" (Father and Son). Signed Jorn 61. Oil on canvas. 44 x 37 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Asger Jorn. The crucial years: 1954-1964", London 1977, no. 1408, ill. Exhibited: Mixed travelling exhibition of Danish artists, Rådhushallen, 1962, cat. no. 55. Exhibited: Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig 1962, cat. no. 55. Exhibited: Sønderjyllandshallen, Aabenraa, 1962, cat. no. 55. Exhibited: Aalborghallen, Aalborg 1962, cat. no. 55. DKK 250,000 / 33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 71

797 797 CD EJLER BILLE b. Odder 1910, d. 2004 "Figurligt" (Figuratively), Vejby Strand 1969. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 66 x 55 cm. DKK 75,000-100,000 / 10,000-13,500 72 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

798 798 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p. 1998 Composition with mask, 1949. Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 93 x 72 cm. DKK 150,000-200,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 73

799 799 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p. 1998 Yellow mask, 1964. Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 65 x 46cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: "Egill Jacobsen 1", Copenhagen 1980, no. 1964/2. DKK 60,000 / 8,050 74 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

800 The Snail. Etching. Lot no. 1041 800 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Sneglen" (The Snail). Signed Asger J. 41. Oil on canvas laid down on insulite board. 22 x 26 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Jorn in Scandinavia 1930-1953", Copenhagen 1968, no. 225. Exhibited: "Sider af abstrakt kunst i Danmark", Nikolaj Kunstbygning, Copenhagen 1981-82, cat. no. 62. Provenance: The collection of Architect Robert Dahlmann Olsen, Dragør, Denmark Provenance: Private collection, Denmark. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 75

801 801 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p. 1998 "Efter Ritt" (After Ritt), 1972. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 41 x 31 cm. DKK 40,000-50,000 / 5,350-6,700 76 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

802 802 CD PIERRE ALECHINSKY b. Bruxelles 1927 Composition, 1990. Signed Alechinsky; signed and dated on the reverse. Mixed media and maps on paper laid down on canvas. 52 x 65 cm. DKK 100,000 / 13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 77

803 803 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p. 2007 "Hvilende fugl" (Resting Bird), 1950. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 47 x 59 cm. Exhibited: "Kunstcirklerne", February 1958. Label on the stretcher. DKK 125,000-150,000 / 16,500-20,000 78 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

804 804 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p. 2007 "Græsk rytter" (Greek Rider), Molesmes 1991. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. 124 x 104 cm. Exhibited: FIAC International Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris. DKK 250,000 / 33,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 79

805 805 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. 2006 "Blue Boy". Signed Appel, 2/9. Polychrome painted metal. H. 160 cm. L. 110 cm. D. 50 cm. Certificate from Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam, to follow this lot. DKK 125,000 / 16,500 80 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

806 806 CD CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN b. Copenhagen 1913, d. s.p. 2007 "En stille stund" (A quiet moment), Molesmes1988. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 102 x 82 cm. DKK 200,000 / 27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 81

The final work at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Karel Appel Foundation, Amsterdam 82 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

807 807 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. 2006 Preliminary work for the mural in the Stedelijk Museum restaurant, Amsterdam, 1956. Unsigned. Gouache on paper. 48 x 94 cm. Literature: "Karel Appel Retrospective 1945-2005", Meulensteen Art Museum, 2005, ill. p. 71. Provenance: Bart van Kasteel, architect on the rebuilding of The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1956. 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 restau rant. 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 (1948-51). DKK 400,000 / 53,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 83

808 808 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. 2006 Figure composition. Signed Appel. On the stretcher inscribed X89-021. Oil on canvas. 92 x 61 cm. DKK 250,000 / 33,500 84 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

809 809 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "The hidden animal", 1963. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 40 x 47 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Asger Jorn: The crucial years: 1954-1964", London 1977, no. 1511. DKK 250,000-300,000 / 33,500-40,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 85

810 810 CD CORNEILLE b. Liège 1922, d. 2010 Composition. Signed Corneille 51. Gouache and watercoulour. Sheet size 48 x 64 cm. DKK 75,000 / 10,000 86 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

811 811 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. 2006 Figure composition. Signed CK Appel 1999. Acrylic and watercolour on paper. Sheet size 40 x 28 cm. DKK 75,000 / 10,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 87

812 812 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p. 1998 Mask composition, 1963. Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 46 x 65 cm. DKK 75,000-100,000 / 10,000-13,500 88 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

813 813 CD EGILL JACOBSEN b. Copenhagen 1910, d. s.p. 1998 Green Mask, 1947. Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 70 x 48 cm. Literature: Per Hovdenakk: "Egill Jacobsen 1. Paintings 1928-65", Copenhagen 1980, no. 1947/15, ill. Exhibited: Grønningen, Copenhagen 1948. Exhibited: "The collection of Anna & Kresten Krestensen", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 1952. Exhibited: "Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg", Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas, Venezuela, 1984, cat. no. 138, ill. p. 90 in the catalogue. Exhibited: 18e Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil 1985, cat. no. 41. Exhibited: "Cobra", "As reflected by the Karel van Stuijvenberg collection", Malmö Konsthall, 1986, cat. no. 109, ill. in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Cobra", "As reflected by the Karel van Stuijvenberg collection", Liljevalchs, Stockholm 1987, cat. no. 108, ill. in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Cobra", Musée d'art Moderne et d'art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium 1993, ill. p. 170 in the catalogue. Provenance: The collectionof Anna & Kresten Krestensen, Copenhagen. Provenance: The collection of Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela. DKK 80,000 / 10,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 89

814 814 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Uartigt postkort. Letsindige Billeder Nr. 4" (Naughty Postcard. Frivolous Pictures No. 4), 1955. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil, sand and tinsel on canvas. 55 x 46 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins & Troels Andersen: "Asger Jorn: Revised Supplement to the oeuvre catalogue of his paintings from 1930-1973", Copenhagen 2006, no. S 93, ill. p. 52. DKK 150,000 / 20,000 90 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

815 815 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 "Cosmiq Quarrel". Signed Jorn 61. Mixed media on paper laid down on canvas. Visible size 50 x 38 cm. Exhibited: "Beskedne Luxus Billeder" (Modest Luxury Paintings), Galerie Birch, Copenhagen 1962, cat. no. 23, ill. in the catalogue. Provenance: Kunsthallen, Copenhagen, auction 360, November 1986, cat. no. 130, ill. p. 73. DKK 100,000-125,000 / 13,500-16,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 91

816 816 CD KAREL APPEL b. Amsterdam 1921, d. 2006 "Vogel" (Bird). Signed K. Appel 1950, H.C. Bronze. 42 x 51 x 34 cm. Exhibited: "Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg", Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas", Venezuela, 1984, cat. no. 23, ill. pp. 44-45 in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Cobra", Musée d'art Moderne et d'art Contemporain, Liège, Belgien 1993, ill. p. 67 in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Cobra - 50 anos del movimento", Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Museo Camón Aznar, Zaragoza 1997-1998, cat. no. 55, ill. p. 114 in the catalogue. Exhibited: "The Cobra Movement-fifty years", Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan 1999, ill. p. 55 in the catalogue. Exhibited: "The Cobra Movement-fifty years", Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan 1999, ill. p. 75 in the catalogue. Provenance: The collection of Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela. DKK 100,000-125,000 / 13,500-16,500 92 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

817 817 CD EJLER BILLE b. Odder 1910, d. 2004 Composition, 1969. Signed and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 70 x 64 cm. DKK 150,000-200,000 / 20,000-27,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 93

818 818 CD POL BURY b. Haine-Saint-Pierre 1922 Composition. Signed Bury 48. Oil on canvas. 40 x 40 cm. Exhibited: "Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg", Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas", Venezuela 1984, cat. no. 57, ill. p. 56 in the catalogue. Exhibited: 18e Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1985, cat. no. 16. Exhibited: "Cobra", "as reflected in the Karel van Stuijvenberg collection", Malmö Konsthall, 1986, cat. no. 40, ill. in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Cobra", "as reflected in the Karel van Stuijvenberg collection", Liljevalchs, Stockholm 1987, cat. no. 40, ill. in the catalogue. Exhibited: "Cobra", Musée d'art Moderne et d'art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium 1993, ill. p. 89 in the catalogue. Exhibited: Cobra museum voor moderne kunst, Amstelveen, Holland 1997. Provenance: The collection of Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela. DKK 50,000-60,000 / 6,700-8,050 94 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

819 819 CD POL BURY b. Haine-Saint-Pierre 1922 Composition. Signed Bury 49. Oil on canvas. 99 x 70 cm. Literature: Willemijn Stokvis (ed): "de taal van Cobra", Museumcollectie Van Stuijvenberg, Cobra museum voor moderne kunst, Amstelveen, Holland 1995, fig. 48. Exhibited: "COBRA", Musée d'art Moderne et d'art Contemporain, Liège, Belgium 1993, ill. p. 90 in the catalogue. Exhibited: Cobra museum voor moderne kunst, Amstelveen, Holland 1996. Provenance: The collection of Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela. DKK 80,000-100,000 / 10,500-13,500 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 95

820 820 CD HENRY HEERUP b. Copenhagen 1907, d. s.p. 1993 Den røde pige (The Red Girl), c. 1945-50. Signed Heerup; Inscribed on the stretcher and on a label on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 78 x 55 cm. DKK 60,000 / 8,050 96 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849

821 821 CD ASGER JORN b. Vejrum 1914, d. Århus 1973 Nudes. Signed A J. 36. Oil on canvas. 92 x 90 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: "Jorn in Scandinavia 1930-1953", Copenhagen 1968, no. 45. Photo of Guy Atkins measuring the painting to follow this lot. DKK 300,000 / 40,000 BRUUN RASMUSSEN BREDGADE AUCTION 849 97