Lot 32
  • 32

KAREL APPEL | Tête

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

Description

  • Tête
  • signed; inscribed and titled on the reverse 
  • oil on canvas
  • 115,7 x 89,4 cm; 45 1/2  x  35  3/16  in.

Provenance

Collection Z, Brussels (acquired directly from the artist)

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the composition is less contrasted in the original work. The work was executed on its original canvas and is not relined. There is a thin layer of dust on the thickest impasto. This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is registered in the archive of the Karel Appel Foundation.