Carl-Henning Pedersen "Blå fugl ved havet", Barbizon 1977. Signed, titled and dated on the reverse. Oil on canvas. 130,5 x 110,5 cm. "I am unmistakably the sort of artist who goes out into the countryside to paint. In that respect, I feel like an impressionist. I may not paint the landscape, but I do at least paint the sky. And to do that you must be right beneath the sky, following its changing light, feeling the magic of being on this earth under the sky, and letting one's imagination unfold in heaven's space. Where else would "The Blue Bird" or "The Winged Horse" fly? Where do the figures of legend reside, if not here in their proper element, moving with ease like dancing fauns; and colour lends itself to depicting all of this fairytale richness - for a fairytale is what it is!". Carl-Henning Pedersen in "Carl-Henning Pedersen - 20 år i Frankrig" (20 Years in France), Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, 1996, p. 13. Estimate in DKK : 300000 / 350000