Karel Appel

Acquired by Willem Sandberg for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1965

Melbourne, Museum of Modern Art (& travelling), Art in Industry, 1964-1965, illustrated in colour
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Appel, 1965, no. 73
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Le Musée dans l'Usine, Collection Peter Stuyvesant, 1966, illustrated in colour
Quebec, Museum (& travelling), Art in the Factory / Le Musée dans l'Usine, 1968-1969
Sankt Gallen, Kunstmuseum (& travelling), Le Musée dans l' Usine, 1970-1971
The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1972, illustrated in colour
Eindhoven, Bijenkorf (& travellling), Kunst over de Drempel, 1985
Arsac en Médoc, Château d'Arsac (& travelling), Aventure dans l'Art, Collection Peter Stuyvesant, 1989
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Art Works: International Modern Art in the Industrial Working Environment, an Experiment over more than Thirty Years: Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, 1991-1992
Sevilla, World EXPO '92, Art in the Factory, 1992

Harry Abrams, Hans Jaffé, et al., Adventure in Art, An International Group of Art Collections in Industrial Environments, Milan & Amsterdam 1970, p. 126, illustrated in colour

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original where the whites tend more to cream hues and the reds are stronger. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is slight canvas draw in the corners of the composition and in places at the turnover edges. There are networks of stable hairline drying cracks scattered throughout, inherent to the artist’s impasto technique. Some isolated areas of paint lifting and tiny paint losses are apparent in the thin black impasto areas, most notably to the figure’s left eye and left hand. Upon close inspection there are stable craquelures to the white painted left flank of the composition, and a circular pattern of impact cracks towards the upper left corner. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals no retouches or any restorations.
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This work is registered in the Archive of the Karel Appel Foundation