Asger Jorn – Lithographie couleur, 1970 – Lithograph

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Colour lithograph, 1970. Signed, dated and dedicated by the artist lower recto. Edition of 80. Published by Éditions Pennsylvanie, 1970. Image size: 26 x 29 cm. LITERATURE: Asger Jorn Werkverzeichnis Druckgrafik, Galerie van de Loo / Silkeborg Kunstmuseum, 2010.

A vivid colour lithograph from Jorn's mature CoBrA period. A sweeping dark green mass dominates the upper register, pressing over a luminous lavender ground. Bold orange and amber forms erupt with volcanic force in the lower centre, while dense black gestural marks cluster into a totemic figure. Blue accents thread through the composition. Jorn's characteristic fusion of the instinctual and the imaginary — raw, spontaneous, and charged with mythic energy — is present in every mark.

Asger Jorn (Denmark, 1914–1973) was a Danish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, co-founding the avant-garde movement COBRA and the Situationist International. His dynamic, expressive works often combined abstract forms with vibrant colors, reflecting his interest in spontaneous creation and critique of contemporary society. Jorn's legacy includes a significant influence on European post-war art.

Asger Jorn

Lithographie couleur, 1970

Name: Lithographie couleur, 1970
Brand: Asger Jorn
SKU: 16822
Price: 1200.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Lithograph

LithographLithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

Edition

Edition of 80

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If you add something to a painting, never let it be for aesthetic reasons. Only let it be for reasons of expression.
- Asger Jorn

Asger Jorn was a Danish painter, ceramic artist, sculptor and author from the years just before World War II into the 1970s. He was a student at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, from 1937 until 1942, in Copenagen. Later, Asger Jorn was one of the artists who founded the Situationist International and COBRA, an avant-garde movement. The largest collection of Jorn works today appears in Silkeborg, Denmark, in the Museum Jorn. When Asger Jorn painted, he did so in oil on canvas, and over the course of his career he made more than 2,500 total works - including ceramics, drawing, prints, sculptures, collages and tapestries. His books include "Luck and Chance: Dagger and Guitar," "Value and Economy" and "the Natural Order." He spent most of his life railing against establishments, whether in government, the Danish Communist Party or even the world of art. In 1964, he received a Guggenheim Award, but he sent an enraged telegram to Harry F. Guggenheim himself, refusing the prize and wanting "public confirmation not to have participated in [this] ridiculous game

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