APPEL, KAREL
1921 Amsterdam - 2006 Zurich
Title: Orange Bird.
Date: 1958.
Technique: Oil on canvas.
Measurement: 80 x 100cm.
Notation: Signed and dated lower right: K. appel '58.
Frame/Pedestal: Framed.
Provenance:
- Martha Jackson Gallery, New York (label)
- Galerie Lambert Tegenbosch, Heusden (label)
- Private collection Belgium
- Birds are a recurring motif in Appel's oeuvre and symbolise unrestricted freedom for the artist
- Early, expressive work that explores the boundaries between figuration and abstraction with impasto brushstrokes
- By the co-founder of the famous artist group CoBrA
- At the time of its creation, Appel's art was already internationally acclaimed.
