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Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Lot 122 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

Karel Appel (1921-2006)

Design for tapestry "Three figures"

Closed16 May 2012

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EUR 25,000

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Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Design for tapestry "Three figures"
signed and dated 'appel 1977' (lower left)
acrylic on paper
44 x 106.5 cm.
Executed in 1977

Specialist note

The present lot is a study for a tapestry that is currently in the Talley Student Center on the campus of the North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. The university had commissioned the design from Karel Appel in honour of John Tyler Caldwell, the dean of the university from 1959-1975.