Lot 94
  • 94

Karel Appel

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vogel en Bloem
  • signed and dated 53
  • oil, gouache, wax crayon and pencil on paper
  • 48 by 63 cm.

Provenance

Sale: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 21 October 1985, lot 231
Sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, 5 June, lot 303
Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke
Private Collection, Belgium

 

Condition

The work is papertaped to the mount along the extreme edges. One crease of 1,5 cm. in the lower left corner. Two spots of dirt, the largest 1,2 cm., 14 cm. from the right upper corner and 1,5 cm. from the top edge. As can be seen in teh illustration. Otherwise in very good condition.
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