19th Century and Modern & Contemporary

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Lot 36
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Karel Appel

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
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Description

  • L' Homme
  • signed and dated 1966

  • Both sides oil on wood and panel

  • height 250 cm.; width 180 cm.
  • This piece is unique

Provenance

Galerie de Bichelaer, Nuenen
Sale: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, A collection of 10 Magnificent Sculptures by Karel Appel, 22 March 1987, lot 3
Sale: Sotheby's, Amsterdam 23 May 1991, lot 246

Exhibited

Paris, Centre National d'Art Contemporain and travelling Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum; Basel, Kunsthalle; Brussels, Museum voor Schone kunsten, Karel Appel: Sculpture, Reliefs and Paintings, 26 Sept. - 24 Oct. 1968, illustrated
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Appel, Lucebert, Tajiri, 9 March - 13 April 1969

Literature

Catalogue Karel Appel Reliefs 1966-1968, Centre National d'Arte Contemporain Paris 1968
K. Appel, Karel Appel over Karel Appel, Amsterdam 1971, p. 74, illustrated
E. Wingen, Het gezicht van Appel, Venlo 1977
P. Restany and A. Ginsberg, Karel Appel, New York 1985
E. Flomenhaft, The Roots and Development of Cobra, Fine Arts Museum Long Island Hempstead 1985
A. Frankenstein, Karel Appel, Amsterdam 1984, page 12, illustrated
K. Appel, Karel Appel. 40 Ans de Peinture, Sculpture & Dessin, Paris 1987, p. 213, illustrated
K. Appel, Karel Appel. The Complete Sculptures, New York 1990, illustrated
D. Kuspit, Karel Appel. Sculpture. A Catalogue Raisonné, New York 1994, p. 158, illustrated