Details
Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Animal
signed and dated 'CK. Appel '49' (lower right)
gouache and wax crayons on paper
43.5 x 54cm.
Executed in 1949
Provenance
Private Collection, Belgium.
Carl-Eric Björkegren Collection, Stockholm.
Private Collection, The Netherlands.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1990s.
Literature
H. Claus, Karel Appel. Schilder, Amsterdam 1964 (p. 95).
M. Ragon, Karel Appel. Schilderijen 1937-1957, Amsterdam 1988, no. 481 (illustrated in colour, p. 228).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Rive Droite, Karel Appel, 1955, no. 12. This exhibition later travelled to Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum.
Paris, Cimaise, Art et Architecture Actuels, 1961.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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