Karel Appel

Virginia Miller Gallery, Coral Gables
Christie's, New York, May 8, 1990, lot 373
Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Karel Appel: Recent Paintings and Sculpture: Clouds, Windmill, Nudes and Other Mythologies, October - November 1986, illustrated in color on cover
Amsterdam, Arti et Amicitiae, Appel in Arti, November 1990 - January 1991, p. 57, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. The surface is bright, fresh and clean. There is evidence of light wear and handling at the edges, resulting in some minor paint loss at the corners. There are some minute, scattered lines of hairline craquelure in the heavily impastoed areas, visible under close inspection. There are scattered spots which fluoresce brightly under Ultraviolet light inspection, which appear to be the result of a varnish to the surface. Unframed. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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