Conférence à Sept. Conference for Seven. 1954. by Asger Jorn, 1914-1973

Asger Jorn, 1914-1973
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Conférence à Sept. Conference for Seven. 1954.

Original drypoint with etching in black ink. 1954. Signed in pencil, and dated '53 (sic). Numbered in pencil from the edition of 50 impressions. Drawn in drypoint in 1953/54, but virtually no impressions pulled at that date. Edition of 50, with the a few slight retouchings to the plate by Jorn, printed at the Graf Presse, Munich 1961. Issued by Van der Loo, 1961. Rare.
Ref: Van der Loo - Jorn Prints 168.

Excellent impression with a light plate tone. On pale cream slightly textured wove paper. generally excellent original condition; not restored. Full margins. Sheet: 14 7/8 x 11ins. Plate: 3 x 4 1/8ins (77 x 104mm)

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An important early miniature scale etching by Jorn. Asger Jorn was one of the founders in 1948 in Paris of the very influential abstract-expressionist group Cobra. This was one of the driving forces within the overall movement in Europe of 'art informel', the lose grouping-together of painters who wanted to breakaway from the constraints of the pictorial structure of ideas deriving from Constructivism, Cubism or De Stijl, towards a style in which the actual gesture of painting was emphasised to create free expressive forms. Together with painters like Appel and Corneille, Jorn advocated a free, powerful and highly expressive approach to form.

Jorn was interested in making prints from very early-on in his career, but his most important works date from the 1950's. It was at this time that he drew a small number of epoch-making small-scale etchings. These works, like that above, mark a key moment in the development of European abstract-expressionist style. They are very rarely found on the market.