Property from a Private Danish Collection

MOGENS BALLE (DANISH 1921-1988)
Untitled
signed Balle (lower centre)
oil and mixed media on paper
35 x 49.5 cm

PROVENANCE:
Private collection

Balle began painting in the 1940s with influence stemming from Danish abstract art, his French residence, and his position as a member of the Cobra movement. Balle was closely associated with The Spiralen Group where he formed relations with artists such as Danish painter and sculptor Asger John whose work inspired his practise. Balle’s work developed to become more abstract, eventually displaying a variety of fantasy figures which he then produced bronze sculptures of from the 1960s.