Description
Carl-Henning Pedersen lithograph entitled ‘Night’ from the series ‘The 5th day of creation’.
(SKABELSENS 5. DAG, AFTEN (Swedish))
Published in year 1983.
Color lithograph.
Edition number 4/150
Signed by the artist right under together with place (Paris) and year 1983.
Numbered on the left: 4/150 together with title.
Image area: 76 x 56 cm.
Sheet size: Unknown (not removed from frame)
Frame size: 95,5 x 72 cm.
Condition:
Lithograph and passe-partout in very good condition.
Frame apart from some irregularities still in good condition.
Information:
Large and impressive work in beautiful colours by Carl-Henning Pedersen.
Absolute top period by Carl-Henning Pedersen where this is one work from the series ‘The 5th day of creation’. This part is called ‘Night’.
CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN
Carl-Henning Pedersen is a Danish painter who lived from 1913 to 2007. He was born in Copenhagen as the son of workers. Pedersen initially wanted to become a composer or an architect, but eventually chose painting. As a true autodidact, he taught himself how to paint. He became involved with the Danish art magazine Linien, which focused on abstract and surrealist art. During World War II, Pedersen was involved with the magazine Helhesten, for which he wrote articles and provided illustrations.
In 1948 Pedersen was at the cradle of the CoBrA group together with his friend the artist Asger Jorn. The Dutch artists Constant, Corneille and Appel joined, as well as the Belgian artists Pierre Alechinsky and Christian Dotremont. The CoBrA group aimed to make art that was based on freedom, spontaneity and imagination.
Pedersen’s work is very versatile. He not only made paintings, but also lithographs, drawings and sculptures. He was also asked to decorate famous buildings such as Ribe Cathedral and the John F. Kennedy School in Gladsaxe. Pedersen’s art shows a rich imagination, he created creatures that were half animal and half human, painted imaginative landscapes and masks. In 1974 a museum was opened in Herning in Jutland, Denmark, which is entirely dedicated to his art and that of his first wife Else Alfelt. He was also a gifted writer. In addition to articles for Linien and Helhesten, he also wrote poetry and travel diaries about his many journeys with Else Alfelt and his second wife, the Norwegian photographer Sidsel Ramson.
Carl-Henning Pedersen died in 2007, a few hours before his 94th birthday, after a long illness.
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