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Karel Appel
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Phyllis
signed; titled on the stretcher
- oil on canvas
- 76 5/8 by 51 1/8 in. 194.5 by 129.7 cm.
- Executed in 1963, this work is registered in the Archive of the Karel Appel Foundation.
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Venezuela
Sotheby's, London, June 22, 2007, lot 201
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Private Collection, Venezuela
Sotheby's, London, June 22, 2007, lot 201
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale
Exhibited
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Karel Appel: Paintings of the Sixties, November - December 1976
Buffalo, Anderson Gallery, Karel Appel: Expressions from the Collection, February - April 1992
Buffalo, Anderson Gallery, Karel Appel: An Historical Overview, January - February 1995
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The surface is bright, clean and fresh. There is light evidence of wear and handling at the edges and corners. There is scattered fine and stable craquelure. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"The most noted American abstract expressionist, Willem de Kooning, is Rotterdam Dutch, and his opposite number in Europe, Karel Appel, is Amsterdam Dutch... His frankness interlarded with frenzy and his open face barred with a villainous black mustache, Appel happily plays the abstract-expressionist role... At the easel, he swirls, smears and stabs with tubes in mid-squeeze, a palette knife, his hands and, occasionally, a brush, grunting as he works. In a few hours, the picture is done: a wet, gaudy mass of color violently heaped and stirred. Sometimes it is a brutally simple likeness of man, woman, or beast; more often it resembles nothing at all. Typical Appels invariably shock the stuffy and are treated as sacred objects by the faithful, who call him the greatest Dutch artist since Van Gogh." - TIME Magazine ("Art: The Big Appel," December 7, 1959)