Asger Jorn (1914-1973)

Rencontre la kermesse

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Asger Jorn (1914-1973)
Rencontre la kermesse
signed 'Jorn' (upper left); signed, titled and dated 'RENCONTRE A LA KERMESSE Jorn 1956' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 1/2 x 31 3/4in. (100.3 x 80.5 cm.)
Painted in 1956
Provenance
Galerie des Contemporains, Brussels
Acquired from the above by Stphane Janssen in 1958
Literature
G. Atkins, Asger Jorn: the Crucial Years: 1954-1964, London 1977, no. 1002 (illustrated, untitled).
Exhibited
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Retrospektive, February-March 1973, no. 32 (illustrated p. 128).
New York, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, Asger Jorn, September-November 1982, no. 6 (illustrated p. 43).
Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum, Portrait of a Collector: Stphane Janssen, April-May 1986, no. 33 (illustrated in colour). This exhibition later travelled to Long Beach, University Art Museum, January-March 1987; Norman, University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, September-October 1987; Miami, The Art Museum at Florida International University, January-February 1988 and Scottsdale, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, March-April 1988.

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