Asger JORN - 1 cent Life, 1964 - Original Hand-Signed lithograph
1 cent Life, 1964
Original Hand-Signed lithograph on "Rives" Hand Made paper
from the scarce Deluxe edition of 100 "1 cent life" portfolio.
Pencil signed by Asger JORN on the bottom edge
A similar one can be seen at the Moma.
Super scarce!
Not to be confused with the common edition of 2000.
Only the limited hand-signed edition of 100 is printed on hand-made "BFK Rives" paper and is of course hand signed by the artist.
Measurements of the sheet : 22.83 inches x 16,14 inches - 58 x 41 cm
in VERY GOOD condition. with the usual vertical central fold.
On the back is a text printed page
Edition HC/100
Published by E.W. Kornfeld, Germany, Written by Walasse Ting, Edited by Sam Francis
Printed by Maurice Baudet Paris.
A COPY of the Deluxe portfolio justification page will be provided
"Exemplaire H.C.Walasse Ting, 22/6/1964 Paris".
Authenticity is unconditionally guaranteed as this is the first time the works have been removed from the original signed portfolio.
Dimensions :
- Height : 41 cm
- Width : 58 cm
Asger Jorn :
(1914-1973) is a danish painter. He was one of the founders of the movement CoBrA, and of the International Situationist. He was born in Asger Oluf Jørgensen in 1914, and moved to Paris in 1936 to join the Académie contemporaine of Fernand Léger. During the nazi occupation in Denmark, Jorn is a communist, active in the resistance, and he participated in the artistic group Høst.
Facing stalinism, Jorn broke up with communist party, but continued until his death to consider himself as a communist. He founded the movement CoBrA and motivated the unification of several movements in one : the International Situationist in 1957.
In 1961, he left the IS so as to found the Scandinavian Institute of compared vandalism.
Jorn has a museum dedicated to his work in Silkeborg. His works are also present in all the biggest Modern Art museums around the world, such as the Tate Gallery in London, the Guggenheim museum in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhague, or the Musée d'art moderne Louisiana, Humlebæk.
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