Karel Appel (1921 - 2006)
Lot 14: KAREL APPEL | Tigerbird
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Description
oil on canvas
Dimensions
115 x 146,5 cm; 45 1/4 x 57 11/16 in.
Medium
oil on canvas
Condition Report
The colours are fairly accurate in the printed catalogue illustration.There are some hairline cracks to the surface visible under close inspection only. The edges present wear marks some of which have resulted in tiny cracks. A minor loss is located at the extremity of the lower right edge. Under Violet light inspection there are few carefully restored areas that fluoresce.
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Exhibited
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery,
First American Exhibition, 6 - 31 December 1954; catalogue, no. 3
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center,
School of Paris 1959: The Internationals, 5 April -17 May 1959; catalogue, p.19 & 48, no. 3
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,
Appel, 25 June - 30 August, 1965; catalogue, no. 29
Bruxelles, Palais des Beaux-Arts,
Appel, 16 September – 6 October 1965; catalogue, no. 14
Bochum, Städtische Kunstgalerie Bochum,
Karel Appel. Gemälde, 31 October - 5 December 1965; catalogue, no. 18
Copenhagen, Charlottenborg-Udstillingen,
Karel Appel, 11 - 26 December 1965; catalogue, no. 22
Stockholm, Moderna Museet,
Karel Appel. Paintings 1947-65, 26 February - 27 March 1966; catalogue, no. 17
Literature
Ragon, Michel,
Karel Appel Peinture 1937-57., 1988, Paris, p. 400, no. 706 (illustrated)
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Galerie Cazeau-Béraudière, Paris
Private collection, Netherlands
Sale: Van Ham, Köln,
Modern Kunst und Zeitgenössische Kunst, 30 November 2016, lot 103
Private Collection
Natalie Seroussi, Paris
Payment
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