Details
Karel Appel (b. 1921)
Elephant
signed, numbered and dated 'appel 1950 6/6' (on one of the legs)
painted bronze
26 x 20 x 16 in. (66 x 50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1950 and executed in 1989. This work is number six from an edition of six.
Provenance
Marisa de Re Gallery, New York
Private collection, Detroit
Literature
H. de Visser and R. Hagenberg, eds.,Karel Appel: The Complete Sculptures, 1936-1990, New York, 1990, n.p., no. 50-003 (another cast illustrated).
D. Kuspit, Karel Appel Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1994, p. 32 (original plaster cast illustrated).

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