Lot 253
  • 253

Karel Appel

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Personnage
  • signed and dated 1960; titled and dated 1960 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 1/4 by 38 1/4 in. 130.2 by 91.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1960, this work is registered in the Archive of the Karel Appel Foundation.

Provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Gallery Moos, Toronto
Michael Schwabacher, Zürich
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1961

Exhibited

New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Karel Appel: Paintings 1955 - 1960, October - November 1960

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling at the edges and corners with associated fine craquelure. Additionally, there is evidence of fine and stable craquelure in the heavily impastoed areas. Under ultraviolet light there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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