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Karel AppelL'Âne Trop Paisible Pour Les Enfants Cruels /// Karel Appel Color Woodcut COBRA1978
1978
About the Item
Artist: Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006)
Title: "L'Âne Trop Paisible Pour Les Enfants Cruels (A Donkey Too Gentle for the Cruel Children)" (Plate 19)
Portfolio: Circus (Volume II)
*Signed by Appel in white crayon lower right
Year: 1978
Medium: Original Woodcut Engraving with Carborundum and Embossing on Arches paper
Limited edition: 69/130, (there were also 20 artist's proofs in Roman numerals)
Printer: Arts-Litho, Paris, France
Publisher: ABCD Editeur, Paris, France
Sheet size: 30.13" x 22.38"
Condition: Remnants of mounting tape from previous framing at top edge on verso. In excellent condition with strong colors
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Stuart, FL. Numbered by Appel in white crayon lower left. Comes from Appel's 1978 "Circus" portfolio of 30 woodcut engravings with carborundum and embossing issued in three volumes. Arches watermark lower right. Left and right edges of sheet are deckled.
Biography:
Christiaan Karel Appel (April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement CoBrA in 1948. He was also an avid sculptor and has had works featured in MoMA and other museums worldwide.
- Creator:Karel Appel (1921 - 2006, Dutch)
- Creation Year:1978
- Dimensions:Height: 30.13 in (76.54 cm)Width: 22.38 in (56.85 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU121215324102
Karel Appel
Karel Appel was a founding member of COBRA, an art movement originating in Germany that strived to replicate and invoke the child’s approach to art. Within this movement he created abstracted and simplified figures, often monsters and fractured depictions of people.
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