Carl-Henning Pedersen - unique - Portrait of CoBrA Artists

1996

Original Drawing by Carl-Henning Pedersen, on Photography Portrait of the Danish CoBrA artist, from the series Portrait of CoBrA Artists. Re-worked and Hand-signed by Pedersen, lower middle. Bottom right on the mount signed by hand and dated (19)96 by the photographer Aernout Overbeeke. Framed in a bespoke wooden frame, with art glass for superior clarity and preservation.Framed: Approx 120 x 85 cm 

In 1995 Dutch photographer Aernout Overbeeke (b.1951) made a remarkable series of portraits of seventeen renowned CoBrA-artists. At a distance of three meters Overbeeke zoomed in on the hands and eyes. The portraits were printed on large-size watercolour paper. 

These portraits were transformed by the CobrA-artists themselves in their own style into unique mixed-media pieces, using techniques such as watercolor, drawing, crayons and pencil. The series was exhibited at the CoBrA Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen. Here we present one of those portraits. 

Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007) was a renowned Danish painter and key member of the CoBrA movement. Often called the “Danish Chagall,” his work features mythical creatures, symbols, and dreamlike landscapes, blending spontaneity with childlike fantasy.