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Asger Jorn

The Power and the Elite

1963

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  • Artist Asger Jorn (Danish, 1914–1973)
  • Title The Power and the Elite
  • Date 1963
  • Medium Oil on canvas
  • Dimensions framed | 21 3/16 x 17 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.
    unframed | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.
  • Credit line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shoenberg, 1972
  • Object number WU 4504

From Picasso to Fontana: Collecting Modern and Postwar Art in the Eisendrath Years, 1960–1968
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 01/23/2015 - 04/19/2015

Modernism at Midstream: From Europe to America and Back Again
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis, 09/04/1983 - 11/06/1983

1972
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Shoenberg

Inscription [LR corner of canvas, written in script in black paint:] Jorn

Inscription [Washington Univeristy info on backing]

Inscription [on verso at UR corner of stretcher, written in black marker:] WU 4504

Inscription [on verso at UL corner of stretcher, written in black marker:] WU 4504

Inscription [on verso at UR of stretcher, written in black marker:] 12/18/72

Inscription [on verso at CR of stretcher, rectangular white label with red marker:] I

Inscription [on verso at C of canvas, written in blue paint:] The power / and the / elite. / Jorn / 63.

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