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Karel Appel
Purple Bird
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Lot closes
December 19, 03:40 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Current Bid
700 USD
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Description
Karel Appel
1921 - 2006
Purple Bird
signed and dated ‘74 (on the underside)
painted and glazed ceramic
19 ¾ by 27 by 10 in.
50.2 by 68.6 by 25.4 cm.
Executed in 1974.
Galeria Nova Spectra, The Hague
Aberbach Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Hilton Kramer, "Art: Paintings by Appel on View," The New York Times, 20 September 1975, p. 35
Harriet de Visser and Roland Hagenberg, eds., Karel Appel: The Complete Sculptures 1936-1990, New York 1990, no. 74-016, illustrated (incorrectly titled Animal)
Cathérine van Houts, Karel Appel: De Biografie, Amsterdam 2000, p. 437
New York, Aberbach Fine Art, Karel Appel, September - October 1975, pl. 22, illustrated in color