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    Alfred Jensen

    Guatemala 1903 - 1981 Glen Ridge

    693   

    Fourtysixth Time Inc's Project Diagram

    Estimate CHF 12'500
    Hammer price CHF 12'000
    Information without guarantee
    12.09.2024
    German version below
    Shipping fees

    1959

    Oil over preparatory drawing in black chalk on firm wove paper

    46x38 cm

    Signed and dated "al jensen Feb 2; 1959" by the artist lower right. Titled "Fourtysixth Time Inc's project / diagram" at the top

    Provenance

    Kornfeld and Klipstein Gallery, Bern

    Private collection Switzerland

    Exhibitions

    Hanover/Bern 1973, Kestner-Gesellschaft/Kunsthalle, Al Jensen, no. 21

    Condition

    The paper somewhat browned, otherwise fresh colours and good condition

    Comments

    Sketch for the mural "The Title Makers" commissioned by Henry Luce III in 1959 and destroyed by fire in 1967 in the Paris publishing house of Time/Life Inc.


     
     

    Fourtysixth Time Inc's Project Diagram


    1959

    Öl über Vorzeichnung in schwarzer Kreide auf festem Velin

    46x38 cm

    Unten rechts vom Künstler signiert und datiert "al jensen Feb 2; 1959". Oben betitelt "Fourtysixth Time Inc's project / diagram"

    Provenienz

    Galerie Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern

    Privatsammlung Schweiz

    Ausstellungen

    Hannover/Bern 1973, Kestner-Gesellschaft/Kunsthalle, Al Jensen, Nr. 21

    Zustand

    Das Papier etwas gebräunt, ansonsten farbfrisch und gut in der Erhaltung

    Erläuterungen

    Skizze für das von Henry Luce III 1959 in Auftrag gegebene und 1967 durch einen Brand zerstörte Wandbild "The Title Makers" im Pariser Verlagsgebäude der Time/Life Inc.


     
     
     
    Estimated shipping fees
    Switzerland CHF150
    Europe CHF250
    USA CHF320
    Overseas CHF325

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