Brutto scherzo (Rotten Trick)
Details
Asger Jorn (1914-1973)
Brutto scherzo (Rotten Trick)
incised with the artist's signature and date 'Jorn 72' (along the lower edge)
bronze with green patina
54 x 45 x 34cm.
Executed in 1972, this work is from an edition of three
Brutto scherzo (Rotten Trick)
incised with the artist's signature and date 'Jorn 72' (along the lower edge)
bronze with green patina
54 x 45 x 34cm.
Executed in 1972, this work is from an edition of three
Provenance
Private Collection, Italy.
Literature
M. De Micheli, Jorn scultore, Milan 1973, no. 12 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 13).
G. Atkins, Asger Jorn, The Final Years 1965-1973, London 1980 (ceramic version illustrated, pp. 98, 99, 117).
T. Andersen (ed.), Asger Jorn's samlinger, Silkeborg 1982, p. 166 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 169).
T. Andersen (ed.), Asger Jorn: Malerier, keramik, vævninger, Silkeborg 1985, no. 175 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).
L. Morell, Asger Jorns kunst, Aarhus 2014, no. 169 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 238).
K. Frijs (ed.), In the Beginning was the Image, exh. cat., Silkeborg, Museum Jorn, 2016 (studio view of the ceramic version illustrated, p. 187).
G. Atkins, Asger Jorn, The Final Years 1965-1973, London 1980 (ceramic version illustrated, pp. 98, 99, 117).
T. Andersen (ed.), Asger Jorn's samlinger, Silkeborg 1982, p. 166 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 169).
T. Andersen (ed.), Asger Jorn: Malerier, keramik, vævninger, Silkeborg 1985, no. 175 (another from the edition illustrated, unpaged).
L. Morell, Asger Jorns kunst, Aarhus 2014, no. 169 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 238).
K. Frijs (ed.), In the Beginning was the Image, exh. cat., Silkeborg, Museum Jorn, 2016 (studio view of the ceramic version illustrated, p. 187).
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie van de Loo, Asger Jorn, 1973, no. 40 (another from the edition exhibited).
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Asger Jorn, 1973, no. 111 (another from the edition exhibited, another from the edition illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Narciso, Jorn, 1973, no. 26 (another from the edition exhibited, another from the edition illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Narciso, Jorn, Lam, Seborgia, 1977, no. 14 (another from the edition exhibited).
Munich, Lenbachhaus, Asger Jorn 1914-1973, 1987, p. 283, no. 210 (another from the edition exhibited, another from the edition illustrated, p. 265).
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Asger Jorn, 1973, no. 111 (another from the edition exhibited, another from the edition illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Narciso, Jorn, 1973, no. 26 (another from the edition exhibited, another from the edition illustrated).
Turin, Galleria Narciso, Jorn, Lam, Seborgia, 1977, no. 14 (another from the edition exhibited).
Munich, Lenbachhaus, Asger Jorn 1914-1973, 1987, p. 283, no. 210 (another from the edition exhibited, another from the edition illustrated, p. 265).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Further Details
Another from the edition is in the collection of Museum Jorn, Silkeborg.
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