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Karel Appel is famous for his influence on the world of fine art. He was a founding member of CoBrA, an art movement originating in Germany that strived to replicate and invoke a child’s approach to art. Within this movement, he created abstracted and simplified figures, often monsters and fractured depictions of people. Shop an assortment of Karel Appel art on 1stDibs.
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BIG HEAD RED LAVENDER Signed Lithograph, Abstract Animal, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
BIG HEAD RED LAVENDER is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel on printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Karel Appel Sitting in a Landscape Pencil Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Karel Appel
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Karel Appel
Sitting in a Landscape
Animals and monsters series
Year 1979
Print - Lithograph 22.0'' x 30'' inches
Edition: signed in pencil and marked 160/160
Karel Appel is one of t...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
By Karel Appel
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1964 and published by Eberhard Kornfeld for the 1 Cent Life portfolio in an edition of 2000. Size: 16 1/4 x 11 3/8 inches (408 x 288 mm). Ther...
Category
1960s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Karel Appel - Appel's Appels, vintage offset lithograph poster, Canadian Gallery
By Karel Appel
Located in New York, NY
Offset lithograph poster
An art exhibition sponsored by Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited. The traveling exhibition featured works by the artist Karel Appel and took place at The ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Karel Appel Looking Around 1971 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Karel Appel
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Karel Appel
Looking Around
Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
1971
39.25 x 28.25" inches
Signed, marked 12/100 and dated 71
Karel Appel is one of the founding members of the CoBrA ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Karel Appel Moving in Blue Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
By Karel Appel
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Karel Appel
Moving in Blue
From the Ten by Appel Portfolio
Year 1979
Print - Lithograph 22.0'' x 30'' inches
Edition: signed in pencil and marked 11/175
Karel Appel is one of the fo...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph


