Object number2023.8.1
Serendipity Ashore
Date1960
Artist
Asger Jorn
(Danish, 1914-1973)
CultureDanish
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Framed: 33 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (85.1 x 97.8 cm)
Framed: 33 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. (85.1 x 97.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Jane C. Arkus, class of 1950
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower right edge in black oil paint: Jorn; on verso, signed: Jorn
InscribedOn verso, by artist, in black oil paint: Serendepity / ashore / 60; labels from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, and Galerie Van De Loo Munchen affixed to the reverse of the frame
MarkingsOn reverse of frame, stamped in blue ink twice: GALERIE / VAN DE LOO / München
BibliographyAtkin, Guy. Asger Jorn, The Crucial Years, 1954-1964. New York: Wittenborn Art Books, Inc., 1977, no. 1150ProvenanceThe artist; Galerie van de Loo, Munich, Germany; purchased by Mr. Leon A. Arkus, 1969Exhibition HistorySleeping Beauty – Art Now: Scandinavia Today, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, September 14 – November 7, 1982
DescriptionThree to four large abstract, multicolored forms fill the composition against a grey background
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