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Karel Appel (1921-2006)
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Karel Appel (1921-2006)

Flying Ammand (Le monde en miettes) (Flying Ammand (The World in Crumbs))

Closed7 October 2017

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GBP 187,500

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Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Flying Ammand (Le monde en miettes) (Flying Ammand (The World in Crumbs))
signed 'appel' (lower edge); titled 'Flying Ammand' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 38 ¼in. (130 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1961

Gimpel Fils, London.
New Art Centre, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987.

Specialist note

'Each thing of shape stands alone and thus acquires an exceptional significance. It is embodied in a rhythm of colours which also embraces the beholder. The brushstroke is of so much importance, either to point something out which does not really exist or to reflect a space: playful creatures, profoundness, jokes, sudden turns.' KAREL APPEL