Copenhagen to Louisiana - Day Three

On Day Three a 40-minute train ride from 

Copenhagen's cavernous, classical train station

 to Humlebæk, 35 km (22 mi) north of Copenhagen

 plus a ten-minute walk through a residential area 

of lovely private houses brought us to 

Louisiana Museum. Light rain off and on 

during our visit did not detract from seeing 

this joinder of four buildings by four different 

architects, its sea-bordering gardens and its

art collection.

Humlebæk house with thatched roof.

The museum had a large collection of 

Giacometti sculptures and sketches

beautifully displayed in a room with

a spectacular view.

A special exhibition of works by Asger Jorn (1914-73)
the most important Danish artist of the 20th century.
Very impressive.

A special exhibition of work by the American artist,

Arthur Jafa, inspired by the Black Experience in the USA 

was very powerful but too depressing for me to photograph.

I leave you with a historical photo from 1915, displayed

by the museum before one reached the Jafa exhibit.

It shows a group of black students pledging allegiance 

to the American flag, using a type of salute which was

later abandoned because of its resemblance to the Nazi salute.

The museum also offered some small adventures.

To get to a certain viewing platform some crouching 

and climbing of extremely narrow stairs was required.

On the train ride back, another tidbit of Danish design.

In the back of the seat in front of you

the entire body of the plywood tray gets pushed down to 

either be opened and pulled out or to be stored 

and spring up to hold itself closed.

We finished the day with a visit to the ILLUM 

department store back in town and dinner at 

Skagen, one of its restaurants on the top floor. 

Department store restaurants can be satisfying.

This is a partial view of the atrium of ILLUM.

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