Lot 40
  • 40

Karel Appel

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
  • signed and dated 63; signed and dated 1963 on the reverse, titled on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 128 by 162 cm.

Provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York in 1964
Gallery Walter Moos, Toronto
Christian Fayt Art Gallery, Knokke-Heist
Sale: Stockholm, Stockholms Auktionsverk, 27 November 2001, lot 887
Galleri Stora, Gustavsberg
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002

Exhibited

Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Appel's oogappels, 4 Sept. - 15 Nov. 1970, No. 40, illustrated

Literature

P. Restany, A. Ginsberg, Karel Appel, New York 1985, no. 46, p. 59, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly more intense in the original. Condition: This work is in excellent condition.
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