Condition Report: In very good condition. Satin finish heavy paper. Single small, hardly perceptible retouchings. No further defects noticeable
Literature and illustration
Ragnar Axelsson: Die Seele des Nordens. Island, Färöer, Grönland. Reykjavìk 2005, p. 20 / Exh. cat.: Ragnar Axelsson. Where the world is melting. Munich, Kunstfoyer der Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, 2021, p. 54-55
On Mount Skarðsheiði
"On New Year's Eve, a herd of horses bolted in fear of fireworks being set off. They were found three days later on a mountain where the animals could no longer move forwards or backwards. On one side was an 80-metre-deep vertical cliff, on the other a steep scree slope. The ice-covered slopes were extremely dangerous, and it wouldn't have taken much for the men and horses to fall. But everything turned out fine. However, two horses slipped down the slope and fell down a low rock step. There they stood in a snowdrift, half paralysed with fear. They had to be supported down the steep mountain slopes." (quoted from: Op.cit. (Reykjavík 2005), p. 144)
Gelatin silver print. 29,2 × 44 cm (34 × 48,3 cm)
(11 ½ × 17 ⅜ in. (13 ⅜ × 19 in.)). Signed, dated and titled in pencil on the reverse as well as inscribed in pencil by another hand. [3397]
Condition Report: In very good condition. Satin finish heavy paper. Single small, hardly perceptible retouchings. No further defects noticeable
Literature and illustration
Ragnar Axelsson: Die Seele des Nordens. Island, Färöer, Grönland. Reykjavìk 2005, p. 20 / Exh. cat.: Ragnar Axelsson. Where the world is melting. Munich, Kunstfoyer der Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, 2021, p. 54-55
On Mount Skarðsheiði
"On New Year's Eve, a herd of horses bolted in fear of fireworks being set off. They were found three days later on a mountain where the animals could no longer move forwards or backwards. On one side was an 80-metre-deep vertical cliff, on the other a steep scree slope. The ice-covered slopes were extremely dangerous, and it wouldn't have taken much for the men and horses to fall. But everything turned out fine. However, two horses slipped down the slope and fell down a low rock step. There they stood in a snowdrift, half paralysed with fear. They had to be supported down the steep mountain slopes." (quoted from: Op.cit. (Reykjavík 2005), p. 144)
