Asger Jorn: "Florafauna - Den tropiske drøm" (Florafauna - the tropical dream), 1970. Signed Jorn. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 100 x 81 cm Florafauna - Den tropiske drøm (Florafauna - the tropical dream), 1970. Signed Jorn; signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 100 x 81 cm. Literature: Guy Atkins: Asger Jorn. The final years 1965-1973", London, 1980, no. 1891, ill. p. 219. Exhibited: "COBRA i dag" (COBRA today), Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway, 1972, cat. no. 25. Exhibited: "Øjets blikstille: Asger Jorn", One-man exhibition of 17 paintings, Galerie Birch, Copenhagen, 1972, cat. no. 9, ill. in colours in the catalogue. Provenance: Galerie Birch, Copenhagen. "Flora Fauna - The tropical dream" is the title of Jorn's powerful work from 1970. What is on display is largely up to us as viewers to speculate about. But no one, however, can doubt that the painting originates from an artistic hand for which colour represents a many-faceted and vibrant pool of opportunities. During these years Jorn stands on the front row, directing the powerful symphony that will become the final culmination of his picturesque odyssey: Works of art that shine with a textural primordial force and which to this day flow irresistibly towards us. In the catalogue for the exhibition "Øjets blikstille" (The Calm of the Eye), each of the works in the exhibition is accompanied by a poem by Poul Borum (1934-1996): Florafauna - den tropiske drøm (The tropical dream) Sådan elskede Thus my love nu er jeg dit dyr now I am your animal og også sådan and also thus elskede nu er my love now jeg din urskovslilje I am your primeval forest lily Og sådan menneske And thus human er jeg mens I am while jeg elsker mig ind i dig I love myself into you din oprindelse your origin Vi kunne dø We could die for det mindste frøkorns skyld for the sake of the smallest seed vi kunne fødes we could be born Estimates : 1500000/2000000 DKK