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There is also a larger version from 1953 with the same composition (Atkins op.cit., no. 799
See colour illustration
See colour illustration
Details
Asger Jorn (1914-1973)
Opvaagnen - The awakening I
signed lower left Jorn, and signed again and inscribed with title on the reverse, oil on hardboard
55 x 43.3 cm
Painted in 1952-53 in Silkeborg
Opvaagnen - The awakening I
signed lower left Jorn, and signed again and inscribed with title on the reverse, oil on hardboard
55 x 43.3 cm
Painted in 1952-53 in Silkeborg
Provenance
A. Sondergaard, Silkeborg
Literature
G. Atkins, Jorn in Scandinavia 1930-1953, London 1968, p. 403, no. 798 (ill.)
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Galerie Birch, Asger Jorn, 19 September - 10 October 1953, no. 56 (the exhibition travelled to Odense, Tapet og Kunst Gallery, 12-23 October 1953)