Live Auction 3043A European Corporate Collection
Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Lot 84

Karel Appel (1921-2006)

Figure and birds

Closed4 December 2012

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EUR 63,400

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Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Figure and birds
signed and dated 'CK. appel '49' (lower left)
gouache on paper
73 x 54 cm.
Executed in 1949.

Galerie Espace, Haarlem.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 19 May 1992, lot 262.
Acquired at the above sale by Kunsthandel Borzo, 's-Hertogenbosch.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992.

Specialist note

"Art is an expression of man and his nature [...] Like a bird singing according to its nature, like a hungry child that cries." (Karel Appel cited in: A. Frankenstein, Karel Appel, New York, 1980, p. 60)