Karel Appel

original lithograph

1964

Medium: original lithograph. Executed for Derriere le Miroir (issue number 171) in 1968, and published in Paris by Maeght. Sheet size: 15 x 11 inches (380 x 267 mm). There is text on...

Medium: original lithograph. Published in Milan by Groupe Espace for the very rare 1955-56 volume of Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (318 x 217 mm). Signed in th...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1979 at the atelier of Clot, Bramsen and Georges for the front cover of a Berggruen Gallery catalogue. Size: 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (218 x 116 m...

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1956 for the very rare Documenti d'Arte d'Oggi, published in Milan by Groupe Espace. Size: 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (315 x 218 mm). Not signed. ...

Original Abstract Color lithograph by Dutch artist Karel Appel (1921-2006). Created 1969. Edition size is 53 of 200. The work is signed in pencil lower right. The image size is: 25 5...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, New Séries, XXIIIth year, N°17 - Christ...

YELLOW PERSONAGE is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 100% acid free. YELLOW PERSONAGE presents a lively, imaginative child-like character printed in bold colors - bright yellow, black, green, red, pink, blue and hints of white pop out as a smiling face attached to a stick figure style body suggesting two arms and black paint stroke fingers. YELLOW PERSONAGE is a playful, wild abstract portrait by Appel, 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 - 30 x 22 inches, unframed, full bleed image, hand signed in pencil by Karel Appel, print documentation provided Edition size - 175, plus proofs Year published - 1980, printed at J K Fine Art Editions Co. NYC About the artist - 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...

WITH MY BIRD is a rarely seen original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid f...