Lot 236
  • 236

Karel Appel

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Untitled
  • signed
  • acrylic on paper laid down on canvas
  • 94 x 61 cm; 37 x 24 in.
  • Executed in 1978.

Provenance

Collection Henk van der Vet (acquired directly from  the artist)
Acquired from the above circa 1980, thence by descent to the current owner

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the orange is more fluorescent in the original work. There is one small paint loss located by the right edge, on the upper half of the work, and a tear to the sheet dating prior to the laid down process, located by the left edge, on the upper half of the work. This work is in very good condition.
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