Lot Essay
"Art is an expression of man and his nature [...] Like a bird singing according to its nature, like a hungry child that cries." (Karel Appel cited in: A. Frankenstein, Karel Appel, New York, 1980, p. 60)
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Figure and birds
Details
Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Figure and birds
signed and dated 'CK. appel '49' (lower left)
gouache on paper
73 x 54 cm.
Executed in 1949.
Figure and birds
signed and dated 'CK. appel '49' (lower left)
gouache on paper
73 x 54 cm.
Executed in 1949.
Provenance
Galerie Espace, Haarlem.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 19 May 1992, lot 262.
Acquired at the above sale by Kunsthandel Borzo, 's-Hertogenbosch.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 19 May 1992, lot 262.
Acquired at the above sale by Kunsthandel Borzo, 's-Hertogenbosch.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.
Exhibited
Kunsthandel Borzo, 's-Hertogenbosch, Over abstractie en figuratie: een spanningsveld in de schilderkunst 1945-1970, 19 September - 10 October 1992.
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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