Ferlov Mancoba
c. 1961
Sender
Elise Johansen
Recipient
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba
Document content
Letter from Elise Johansen to Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, in which she recounts an idea she has had: to cast a sculpture she has of Sonja Ferlov Mancoba in bronze and get it into a museum. Troels Andersen has assisted in bringing the idea to life. The National Museum has declined due to finances, but Asger Jorn has offered to cast the sculpture in three copies. One for Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, one for Elise Johansen, and one for Silkeborg Art Museum (the current Museum Jorn).
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Letter
Undated, circa 1961, dated based on the mention of the Cobra exhibition in the Artists' Art Trade, which took place from September 30 to October 14, 1961.
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The sculpture was cast in bronze at the instigation of Asger Jorn, and a copy was given to the Silkeborg Art Museum in 1962, see Christiansen, Anne, Folke Kjems, and Nina Hobolth, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba. Skulpturer / Sculptures, Fyns Kunstmuseum, Holstebro Kunstmuseum, and Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum: 2003, p. 115.
Parts of the letter are missing.
Parts of the letter are missing.
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The Ferlov Mancoba archive.
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