785/​405

Michael Kvium (b. Horsens 1955)

“Olien, arvtagerbillede”, 1992. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Frame with two applied reliefs. Oil on canvas. 120×140 cm. incl. frame.

Provenance: Franz Pedersens Kunsthandel, Horsens.

In his book “Michael Kvium ­ Malerier og motiver”, Copenhagen 2001, p. 106, Lennart Gottlieb writes:“In 1992 Kvium's exhibition 'Arvtagerbilleder' was on show, displaying the figurative paintings that followed the Chóros pictures. At the time, the artist explained that these Chóros pictures had given rise to the question: 'What is the most important thing that man can inherit and learn from history? In the search for an answer, a number of fundamental paintings followed which I could pass on!' Today he sees these paintings in the same way but he has now broadened the term 'Arvtagerbilleder', now counting among them 'almost every painting I make in '91, '92 and '93' and he also points out a more specific incentive to wanting to pass something on; i.e. the birth of his son Jonathan in 1990. With these pictures, the 'Arvtagerbilleder',  he tried to create paintings that contained all the big questions in life, which he thought his son might also ask himself one day. These paintings were thus 'an inheritance to the future from the past”.

This lot is subject to Artist's Royalty.
Additional Remarks

Please note: The item is subject to the Anti-Money Laundering Act. In the event of a hammer price of DKK 50,000 or more, including buyer’s premium, the buyer must submit a copy of a valid photo ID and proof of address in order to collect the item.

Auction

International modern art, 4 March 2008

Category
Estimate

800,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

1,000,000 DKK