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Thelma Appel Art

American, b. 1940
A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been working and teaching for more than six decades. Most recently, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams. She was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, raised in Darjeeling, India and educated in London, England, at St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary Art Fair , Market Art & Design in the Hamptons, Art Expo, and Art New York art fairs. Appel’s Times Square series of paintings was awarded a solo exhibition by the Chashama Foundation in their Chelsea exhibition space, and selected by the curator of the Port Authority exhibition program in Manhattan, and her work has been exhibited at the Sager Braudis Gallery (now Sager Reeves), Alpha 137 Gallery, the Fourt Points Gallery in Connecticut and other galleries nationwide.
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Artist: Thelma Appel
Gravity's Rainbow, unique signed painting on canvas by celebrated female artist
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Gravity's Rainbow, 2010 Acrylic on Canvas Hand Signed, Titled & Dated on the back of canvas 48 × 60 inches Unframed Thelma Appel was the subject of a 50 year career surv...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Magician homage to revered sculptor 18 Color silkscreen Signed, official COA
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel The Magician, 2018 18 Color Silkscreen on 320 gram Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges; accompanied by artist signed COA Signed twice: Pencil signed, titled and number...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Pencil, Screen, Graphite

City of Dreams III, unique signed fabric collage and acrylic painting FRAMED
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel City of Dreams III, 2011 Fabric Collage and Acrylic Painting on Canvas Signed, titled and dated on the back Frame included Signature: Signed, titled and dated on the ba...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Times Square III, New Years, unique painting by renowned contemporary artist
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Times Square III, New Years, 2014 Oil on canvas painting Hand signed, titled and dated on the back 41 × 31 × 1 1/2 inches Frame included This unique signed painting was ...
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2010s Abstract Thelma Appel Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Times Square VIII gorgeous unique mixed media painting by renowned female artist
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
THELMA APPEL Times Square VIII (Keep It Wild), 2016-2017 Acrylic and Collage on Canvas Hand signed, titled and dated on the back Framed This is a unique painting This work was exhib...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Laid Paper, Canvas

The Fool (from Journey of the Tarot Series), unique signed painting on canvas
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel The Fool, 2009 Acrylic on Canvas Signed, titled and dated by Thelma Appel on the back Frame included (held in the artist's original wood frame) Measurements: Frame: 50 ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Prairie Flowers (unique signed acrylic landscape painting)
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
THELMA APPEL Prairie Flowers, 2014 Oil on Canvas painting Signed, titled & dated by the artist on the back of the canvas Framed: held in the artist's handmade frame This unique hand...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Oil

Meeting Plaza, Signed/N 25-color silkscreen, Rockefeller Ctr NY & United Nations
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Meeting Plaza, 2018 25 Color Silkscreen on 320 Gram Coventry paper with full margins and deckled edges. Accompanied by ARTIST SIGNED, gallery issued Certificate of Authenticity (COA) - hand signed by BOTH the artist and gallery director 23.5" (vertical) x 29.25" (horizontal) Hand signed, titled, annotated & dated on the lower right front - a rare Artists Proof, aside from the limited edition of 75 Unframed This magnificent silkscreen, Meeting Plaza is signed, dated and numbered in graphite pencil on the front from the limited edition of 75. Other examples of this work were exhibited in the 2021 show "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York" at the Chashama Foundation, New York, and it was also featured in the invitational exhibition "Women on Paper" in April, 2021 at the Sager Reeves Gallery in Columbia, Missouri. "Meeting Plaza" is a place where people from all over the world are always welcome to meet in peace and enjoyment; an exquisite 25-color limited edition silkscreen done in collaboration with master printer Gary Lichtenstein. The work is evocative of New York's Rockefeller Center and the United Nations, but the flags are abstracted, to emphasize international unity, rather than single out any individual country. The artist explained: "I wanted to convey a city that welcomed all nationalities and all people… The flags for me are a counterpoint to the city’s geometric architecture, and their suggested movement and irregular shapes echo the organic morphology of the people below. I painted an evening sky. It is dusk. Nobody is rushing. People are conversing with each other, walking slowly or gathering in small groups enjoying a calm evening in the New York City…I, too, am one of the people converging at the 'Meeting Plaza' ...” Other examples of "Meeting Plaza" were exhibited in the 2021 show "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York" at the Chashama Foundation, New York, and the print was featured in the invitational exhibition "Women on Paper" in April, 2021 at the Sager Reeves Gallery in Columbia, Missouri. Thelma Appel biography A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been working and teaching for more than six decades. Most recently, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams, and she exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection. Thelma Appel was raised in Darjeeling, India and educated in London, England, at St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary, Market Art & Design and Art New York art fairs and has been exhibited at Alpha 137...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Screen, Pencil, Color

Times Square IX (Dallas BBQ)
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Times Square IX (Dallas BBQ), 2016 Acrylic on Canvas Signed, titled and dated on the back Frame Included Measurements: Frame: 37 x 49 x 2 inches Artwork: 36 x 48 inches ...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Justice
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Justice, 2009 Oil on Canvas Hand signed, titled and dated on the back of the canvas Frame Included: held in the artist's original frame. Can be hung as is, or re-framed ...
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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

New Megiddo
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel New Megiddo, 2014 Acrylic on canvas Signed, titled and dated on the back of the canvas by Thelma Appel Frame Included: held in original artist's frame This work, called ...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Times Square V
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Times Square V, 2015 Oil on canvas Signed, dated and titled by the artist on the back Frame Included: held in the original artist's frame Measurements: Frame: 60.5 x 48.5 x 2.5 inches Artwork: 60 x 48 inches Part of Thelma Appel's Times Square series of paintings which were exhibited at the Chashama Foundation in New York City in 2021, and in the invitational exhibition "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York" at 320 West 23rd Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been working and teaching for more than six decades. In 2019, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams. She has also exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut, which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection. Thelma Appel was raised in Darjeeling, India and educated in London, England, at St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary, Market Art & Design in Bridgehampton and Art New York art fair, which selected Appel’s Times Square series of paintings for their invitational public Project Space sponsored by Absolut Vodka, and has been exhibited in both one-person and group shows at Alpha 137...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

Three handled Vase with Flowers
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Three handled Vase with Flowers, 2003 Original Oil on canvas painting Hand signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Frame Inc...
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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Oil

The Fool, from the Journey of the Tarot Series
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel The Fool, from the Journey of the Tarot Series, 2009 Acrylic on Canvas Hand-signed by artist, Signed, titled and dated on the back Frame Included This unique, signed pai...
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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

In Memoriam (American Flag)
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel In Memoriam, 2002 Acrylic on Canvas painting Hand signed, dated and titled in black marker on the back This is a unique work Frame Included Absolutely stunning signed painting by beloved abstract and representational painter Thelma Appel. This 2002 work was done by the artist to honor those who lost their lives in the 9-11 terrorist attacks, as the artist's studio was in lower Manhattan at the time. A similar work done by Appel from this era was acquired by the Police Museum in lower Manhattan, near Ground Zero. This work is elegantly framed in a handmade brushed aluminum museum frame and is ready to hang. Signed, titled and dated verso. Ms. Appel has been the subject of a 50 year career survey at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont. Measurements: Frame: 18.78 x 24.3 x 4 inches Artwork: 18 x 24 inches This work will be accompanied by a limited edition catalogue of the artist's museum retrospective, along with the original invitation and separate promotional materials. Thelma Appel biography A co-founder of the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, Thelma Appel is a representational and abstract painter who has been working and teaching for more than six decades. Most recently, she was subject of a 50-year career survey (October, 2019 -February 2020) at the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont, entitled Thelma Appel: Abstract/Observed curated by Mara Williams, and she exhibited at the Mattatuck Museum in Connecticut which acquired one of her fabric collages for their permanent collection. Thelma Appel was raised in Darjeeling, India and educated in London, England, at St. Martin's School of Art (now Central St. Martins) and Hornsey College of Art before emigrating to the United States in the 1960s. Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues, including the Bennington Museum, the Berkshire Museum in North Adams, Mass., the Children's Museum of the Arts in New York City, the Mattatuck Museum, the Brattleboro Museum, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Robert Hull Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont and the University of Pennsylvania Fine Arts Gallery. In 1974 she was awarded a YADDO Fellowship, and in 1975, Thelma Appel, along with the painter Carol Haerer, co-founded the Bennington College Summer Painting Workshop, where many distinguished painters of the day, both abstract and representational, conducted master classes. Among them were Neil Welliver, John Button, Alice Neel, Larry Poons, Friedel Dzubas, Stanley Boxer, Elizabeth Murray and Doug Ohlson – a program that continued until 1980. She has also taught drawing at Parsons School of Design, painting at Southern Vermont College and at the University of Connecticut. Appel’s work has been presented at Art on Paper, Texas Contemporary, Market Art & Design and Art New York art fairs and has been exhibited at Alpha 137...
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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Journey Through Hell
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Journey Through Hell, 2001 Oil on Canvas Hand signed and dated by artist on the back of the canvas Frame Included: hand made metal museum frame This powerful, haunting ...
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Early 2000s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

Croton Falls
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Croton Falls, 1987 Acrylic on Paper on Board Signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Frame Included Thelma Appel is a renowned abstract and representational p...
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1980s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Acrylic, Board, Paper

Charlie Playing, Arie Singing
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Charlie Playing, Arie Singing, 2020 Acrylic on canvas. Hand signed by the artist on the front; signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back 20 × 16 × 1/2 inches F...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Acrylic, Canvas

Times Square XI (Recover Time)
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Times Square XI (Recover Time), 2018 Acrylic and collage on Canvas Hand signed, titled and dated by the artist on the back Exhibited at the curated exhibition "New York ...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Acrylic, Magazine Paper, Laid Paper

Esther's Second Banquet (Haman's Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Esther's Second Banquet (Haman's Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14, ca. 2017 Hand made paper collage on paper Hand signed on the front; also is accompanying by handwritten text by the artist and a typed narrative 14 × 17 inches Unique Unframed; This work is held in a matting which opens up This handmade paper collage was exhibited in April, 2018 in the show "Thelma Appel: Landscapes, Cityscapes + Biblical Journeys Exhibition at the Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts in Greenvale, New York". Curated by art advisor and curator, Susan Seelig. It depicts the second banquet of the Jewish Queen Esther, married to the Persian King...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper

Mount of Olives
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Mount of Olives, 2010 Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Hand signed and titled on verso Artist's hand made frame included This painting was exhibi...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Sea Garden V
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Sea Garden V, 2014 Acrylic on canvas painting Signed, titled and dated verso of the canvas This is a unique work of art This work was featured ...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Acrylic

Strang Lake
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Strang Lake, 2010 Oil on Canvas painting Hand signed, dated and titled on the back Held in original artist frame 30.5 inches (vertical) x 40.5 inches (horizontal) x 1.5 ...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Oil

Times Square I
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Times Square I, 2014 Acrylic and Fabric Collage Painting on Canvas hand signed, titled and dated on the verso Held in a hand made white wood frame This work was featured in the solo exhibition, Thelma Appel: Times Square As You've Never Seen it, Chashama Foundation, 320 West 23rd Street, Chelsea, NY. This work was chosen for the invitation to the exhibition, and the collector who purchases the work will be given five copies of the invitate and promotional materials that accompanied the show. It was also featured in the popular exhibition "New York and No Place Else: Art that Celebrates New York City" at Alpha 137 Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Sea Garden IV
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Sea Garden IV, 2014 Acrylic on Canvas painting Unique Hand signed, titled and dated back of canvas Framed This work is accompanied by a limited...
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2010s Realist Thelma Appel Art

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Acrylic

Holiday Grove, Abstract Screenprint by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Holiday Grove Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 19 x 26 inches Size: ...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Llano Prairie, Oil Painting by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil painting by Thelma Appel circa 1975. A landscape of grass fields fill the canvas, gently swaying in the wind. Painted in bright, surreal multicolored tones of yellows, reds, and ...
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1970s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

New Seven North, Abstract Landscape by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: New Seven North Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 14 x 25 inches Size...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Carpenter Woods, Abstract Screenprint by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Carpenter Woods Year: 1982 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25 Image Size: 22 x 15 inches Size: 29 in...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Harwood Hill, Abstract Silkscreen by Thelma Appel
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Harwood Hill Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 15.5 x 21.5 inches Siz...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Waloomsac Wood II
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Waloomsac Wood II Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP 25, HC 10 Image Size: 18 x 29.5 inches ...
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1980s Contemporary Thelma Appel Art

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Screen

Wheat Field
By Thelma Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oil painting by Thelma Appel from 1975. A landscape of grass fields fill the canvas, gently swaying in the wind. Painted in bright, surreal multicolored tones of yellows, reds, and blues. Signed and titled on verso, on shaped canvas. Artist: Thelma Appel, American (1940 - ) Title: Wheat Field...
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1970s Abstract Thelma Appel Art

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Canvas, Oil

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