Asger Jorn (1914-1973)

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Asger Jorn (1914-1973)

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signed and dated upper right Asger Jorn 45, and signed again and inscribed with a Swedish poem on the reverse:
För sa litet söndrar jag annu ikke mirr hjärta
Ma motgangarna blasa som kalla vinda kring
mig Jagär medgangen själv. Pa min panna srar
skriver solen kan ikke grara err ogonblick. Den
som vill doda solen, far sträcke vapen han ser
vad som ar stärkest
Emil Södergar, oil on board
72 x 62 cm

Provenance

André Emmerich, New York

Literature

G. Atkins, Asger Jorn Recent discoveries (addenda to the supplement), Silkeborg 1986, no. S. 227

Lot Essay

Free translation of the poem:
For so little I do not break my heart
May misfortune blow like cold winds around me
I am the good fortune itself. On my forehead is
written: The sun cannot cry for a moment.
He who wants to kill the sun has to surrender he sees what is strongest.

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