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When you moved on, among frightening constellations
and left me on this side of Jordan
you took a half finished homeland with you
Kjell Espmark, from Skapelsen (The Creation)

The suite Microcosmos contains 20 paintings created by Elsa Thoresen between 1965 and 1980. The works are painted with oil on panel. The format is strikingly small and they radiate intimacy. The paintings have until now lived a hidden life, found and kept by the artist’s daughter outside of Seattle. They have never before been shown in public.

Elsa Thoresen’s cosmopolitan and multifaceted life took place in many countries …