Live Auction 15805Post-War and Contemporary Art
Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Lot 20 COBRA 70 YEARS: CREATION BEFORE THEORY
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE CALIFORNIAN COLLECTION

Karel Appel (1921-2006)

White Mask

Closed24 April 2018

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EUR 150,000

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Karel Appel (1921-2006)
White Mask
signed and dated 'CK. Appel '58' (lower right)
oil on canvas
96.5 x 129.5cm.
Painted in 1958

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1959.

Specialist note

‘A painting is not a construction of colours and lines. But an animal. A night, a cry, a person, or all of that together’ - Karel Appel