Karel Appel

Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Looten, Paris, acquired directly from the artist.

Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is wear around the extreme edges with isolated spots of associated media loss and a few nicks in places. On close inspection there are a number of scattered matrices of fine craquelure and a few further scattered surface losses, including a few losses to some of the impasto peaks. There is a hole to the board at the lower centre of the right edge, as well as a few further scattered tiny perforations, all likely to be original to the work's execution. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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This work is registred in the Archive of the Karel Appel Foundation.