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Lot 592 Rα

Alfred Jensen - Reciprocal Relation, Mercury

Auction 998 - overview Cologne
23.05.2012, 11:00 - Contemporary Art
Estimate: 60.000 € - 80.000 €
Result: 73.200 € (incl. premium)
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Oil on canvas 169 x 84.5 cm, framed. Verso on the canvas signed and dated Painted by Alfred Jensen in 1969 and titled "Reciprocal Relation" as well as with handwritten information on the work and measurements:

Upper Square
Title: "Reciprocal Relation."
1st Unity = 232 = 2 years of Mercury.
14th Unity = 3248 = 28 years of Mercury
outside count 57 x 57 = 3249
Inside count 1 x 1 = -1
116: 3248
The Synodic Period of Mercury
equal 116 days or 1 year count

Lower Square.
Title: "Reciprocal Relation."
1st Unity = 116 = 1 year of Mercury.
14th Unity = 3132 = 27 years of Mercury
outside count 56 x 56 = 3136
Inside count 2 x 2 = -4
116: 3132

- On the surface slightly dusty.

Provenance

cordier & ekstrom, New York (with label verso, with the adress crossed out); private collection, Switzerland

Literature

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2. November 1973, Nr.509, p.37 with ill.

Exhibitions

Hannover 1973 (Kestner-Gesellschaft), Humblebaek (Museum Louisiana), Baden-Baden (Kunsthalle), Düsseldorf (Kunsthalle), Bern (Kunsthalle), Alfred Jensen, exhib.cat.no.79, p.39 with col.ill. (with label verso)