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Karel Appel
WITH MY PUSSYCAT Signed Lithograph, Abstract Animal, Blue Cat, CoBrA Artist

1978

About the Item

WITH MY PUSSYCAT is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on archival, 100% acid free printmaking paper. WITH MY PUSSYCAT is a lively, imaginative, multi-color abstract animal composition portraying a cat figure with black eyes, and body colors of red, light yellow, turquoise blue, purple, pink and royal blue against a deep black background. The cat's companion positioned on the right, also outlined in turquoise blue takes on a more human form exhibiting abstracted facial features comprised of painted dabs of yellow and blue for eyes, a long blue nose and horizontal paint strokes for a mouth. Karel Appel was one of the founders of the avant-garde art movement CoBrA, active during the late 1940's thru early 1950's. His paintings are known for incorporating applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality. Print size - 22 x 29, unframed, excellent condition, pencil signed by Karel Appel Edition size - 175 Year published - 1978 Karel Appel was one of the founders of the avant-garde art movement CoBrA, active during the late 1940's thru early 1950's. His paintings are known for incorporating applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality. Karel Appel, (born April 25, 1921, Amsterdam, Netherlands—died May 3, 2006, Zürich, Switzerland), Dutch painter of turbulent, colorful, and semi-abstract compositions, who was a co-founder (1948) of the CoBRA group of northern European Expressionists. He was also a noted sculptor and graphic artist. Appel attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Amsterdam (1940–43), and helped found the “Reflex” group, which became known as CoBRA (for Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam), in 1948. He moved to Paris in 1950 and by the 1960s had settled in New York City; he later lived in Italy and Switzerland. Partly in reaction against what they perceived as the sterile academicism of the de Stijl movement, the CoBRA artists assimilated a variety of more-impulsive influences, including folk art, children’s art, and l’art brut (“raw art”) of Jean Dubuffet. They exploited the spontaneity and intensity of the contemporary American Action painting while maintaining a degree of representation. Appel’s style is characterized by thick layering of pigment, violent brushwork, and a crude, reductive figuration. Appel first visited the United States in 1957, where he painted portraits of prominent jazz musicians, including Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie. His public works include a mural in the UNESCO building in Paris. His figurative sculptures in wood and metal share with the paintings a brutal, imaginative expressionism. Artist bio - Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Creator:
    Karel Appel (1921 - 2006, Dutch)
  • Creation Year:
    1978
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)
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  • Movement & Style:
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  • Condition:
    Excellent condition, unframed, vivid colors, a rarely seen image signed in white pencil, dedicated Printers Proof aside from the edition of 175, from the master printers private collection, Print documentation/Certificate of Authenticity provided.
  • Gallery Location:
    Union City, NJ
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU832312214202
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