Lot 34
  • 34

Karel Appel

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 EUR
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Description

  • Têtes partout - Paysage humain
  • signé et daté 1961; titré au dos sur le châssis
  • huile sur toile
  • 130 x 195 cm; 51 3/16 x 76 3/4 in.
  • Exécuté en 1961.

Provenance

Galerie Delorme, Paris
Collection particulière, Belgique

Exhibited

Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum; Den Haag, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Karel Appel, avril - juillet 1961; catalogue, no.17, illustré
Issoudun, Musée Saint-Roch, Karel Appel, juillet - septembre 1987; catalogue, pp.4 et p.13, illustré
Amstelveen, Cobra Museum, Karel Appel. Jazz 1958-1962, 9 février - 1 juin 2008

Literature

Lucebert et Bert Schierbeek, Karel Appel, Eindhoven, 1961; catalogue, no.17

Condition

The overall tonality is brighter in the original work than in the catalogue illustration. The work is executed on its original canvas and is not relined. There are three networks of stabilized hairline cracks, located on the lower right and lower left quadrants, as well as 61 cm from the upper edge and 55 cm from the left. Moreover, few very thin hairline cracks are only visible under very close inspection, one located 18 cm from the upper edge and 75 cm from the left, another 21 cm from the upper edge and 100 cm from the left, and finally on the black impasto, 27 cm from the upper edge and 60 cm from the left. Under Ultra Violet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. This work is in very good condition.
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