Asger Jorn

(Danish, 1914–1973)

Asger Jorn was a Danish artist and co-founder of the CoBrA group alongside Karel Appel. The artist experimented with spontaneous line and semi-figurative representation in paintings he called “modifications.” These works were primarily made atop traditional landscape paintings he collected from flea markets, over which Jorn painted irreverent abstractions or monstrous forms. “A creative train of thought is set off by the unexpected, the unknown, the accidental, the disorderly, the absurd, the impossible,” he once said. Born Asger Oluf Jørgensen on March 3, 1914 in Vejrum, Denmark, the young artist drove himself to Paris in 1936, where he enrolled in Fernand Léger’s private art school. Returning to Denmark the following year, Jorn continued his education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Besides CoBrA, the artist also contributed to Guy Debord’s Situationist International with works which attempted to change people’s behaviors towards art, writing, and the spaces they lived in. Jorn continued painting until his death on May 1, 1973 in Aarhus, Denmark. In 2010, the Silkeborg Museum of Art in Denmark was renamed the Museum Jorn in his honor. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, among others.

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In the beginning was the image, 1965 - 1965
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“Le Futur du Passé” , 1971

Asger Jorn

“Le Futur du Passé” , 1971

Sale Date: January 3, 2023

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“Les suedoises s'amusent”, 1955

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“Les suedoises s'amusent”, 1955

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Composition, 1970

Asger Jorn

Composition, 1970

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Asger Jorn: Mémoires, 1959

Asger Jorn

Asger Jorn: Mémoires, 1959

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Untitled, 1972

Asger Jorn

Untitled, 1972

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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“Sulla Strada I” , 1970

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“Sulla Strada I” , 1970

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Die Geschichte vom teuren Brot (bk by..., 1972

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Die Geschichte vom teuren Brot (bk by..., 1972

Sale Date: March 14, 2023

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Rajchmann & Asger Jørgensen [Asger Jorn]:..., 1938

Asger Jorn

Rajchmann & Asger Jørgensen [Asger Jorn]:..., 1938

Sale Date: March 14, 2023

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Untitled

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Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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“Almissen er en tavs bøn” (The alms is a..., 1948

Asger Jorn

“Almissen er en tavs bøn” (The alms is a..., 1948

Sale Date: March 7, 2023

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Untitled

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Mask, 1942–1943

Asger Jorn

Mask, 1942–1943

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Mémoires. [1958]. Edition originale...., 1958

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Mémoires. [1958]. Edition originale...., 1958

Sale Date: March 1, 2023

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Mémoires. [1958]. Edition originale. Rare..., 1958

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Mémoires. [1958]. Edition originale. Rare..., 1958

Sale Date: March 1, 2023

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“Entrée de Secours”, 1971

Asger Jorn

“Entrée de Secours”, 1971

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Untitled, 1935

Asger Jorn

Untitled, 1935

Sale Date: March 7, 2023

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Untitled (Phoenix), 1950

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Untitled (Phoenix), 1950

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“Fugl der iagttager en flok pjatterøve:..., 1955

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“Fugl der iagttager en flok pjatterøve:..., 1955

Sale Date: March 7, 2023

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”Etymological Fury”, 1966

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”Etymological Fury”, 1966

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Composition with cover, 1971

Asger Jorn

Composition with cover, 1971

Sale Date: February 21, 2023

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Composition from “Ars-mappen”, 1945

Asger Jorn

Composition from “Ars-mappen”, 1945

Sale Date: February 21, 2023

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Entrée de Secours, 1971

Asger Jorn

Entrée de Secours, 1971

Sale Date: February 14, 2023

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Untitled, 1972

Asger Jorn

Untitled, 1972

Sale Date: February 7, 2023

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“L'oubli”, 1961

Asger Jorn

“L'oubli”, 1961

Sale Date: February 7, 2023

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