Literature: Per Hovdenakk: “Egill Jacobsen 1”, Copenhagen 1980, no. 1938/5, ill. p. 166. Literature: “Egill Jacobsen, 13. fascicule de la série des arts plastiques (monographies)”, Bibliotheque de Cobra, Copenhagen 1950, ill. in the book. Exhibited: “Corner- og Høstudstillingen”, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen 1938, cat. no. 88. Exhibited: “Egill Jacobsen”, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1945, cat. no. 2 (principal work “Ophobning / Piling-up”, 1937, Royal Museum of Art, exhibited as cat. no. 1) Exhibited: XXVII'eme Exposition Biennale Internationale des Beaux Arts, Venice 1956 (with the Sculptor Erik Thommesen). Exhibited: Egill Jacobsen. Retrospektiv Udstilling, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen 1960, cat. no. 14. Exhibited: “Egill Jacobsen”, Maison du Danemark, Paris 1962, cat. no. 4. Exhibited: “Det stille liv” (The quiet life), Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen 1968, cat. no. 46. Exhibited: “Egill Jacobsen”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 1970–71, cat. no. 6. Exhibited: Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil 1971. Exhibited: “De skjulte Cobraer”, Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers 1997, cat. no. 10. Provenance: Carlo Egelund, Copenhagen. Hence by descent in the family and not previously offered for sale.

The work by Egill Jacobsen in this auction - a pinnacle of the artist's early production - bears witness to the power and aggressive strength with which a new mode of expression hit the Danish art scene in the late 1930s. Obviously, only a handful of works from this turbulent period remain in private ownership. Its extensive dossier speaks volumes and bears witness, not least, to the importance the artist attached to this work.