Karel Appel Abstract Prints
Dutch, 1921-2006
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Artist: Karel Appel
Floating in a Landscape, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Karel Appel
By Karel Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract expressionist lithograph print by Karel Appel from 1980.
Artist: Karel Appel
Title: Floating in a Landscape
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Lithograph on Arch...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
YELLOW PERSONAGE Signed Lithograph, Abstract Collage Portrait, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
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...
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1980s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Another Blue Head Again, Karel Appel
By Karel Appel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Title: Another Blue Head Again
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 127/175, plus proofs
Size: 21.75 x 29.75 inches
Condition: Excel...
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1980s Pop Art Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Screen
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...
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1970s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Salto Sobre La Cabeza
By Karel Appel
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Karel Appel
Title: Salto Sobre La Cabeza
Year: 1988
Medium: Etching with aquatint
Signed and dated '88, numbered 5/60 in pencil
Dimensions: 19.25" x 4.5"
Provenance: Gallery ...
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1980s Expressionist Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
Stalking Cat, Karel Appel
By Karel Appel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Title: Stalking Cat
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 80/125, plus proofs
Size: 24.75 x 32.25 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription:...
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1980s Pop Art Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Screen
MOVING IN THE NIGHT Signed Lithograph, Figurative Abstract, Blue, Yellow, Orange
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
MOVING IN THE NIGHT 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 free. MOVING IN THE NIGHT is a fiercely imaginative, multicolored figurative abstract expressed...
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1970s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
EVENING WALK Signed Lithograph, Abstract Animal Beige, Yellow, Plum, Blue, Green
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
EVENING WALK is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 100% acid free. EVENING WALK is a li...
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1980s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Deux Têtes
By Karel Appel
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Arches. Signed, dated and numbered 141/200 in pencil by Appel.
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1960s Modern Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Color, Lithograph
Mask Face Personnage, Signed Lithograph, Abstract Collage Portrait, CoBrA Artist
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
Mask Face Personnage is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel, printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% acid free. Ma...
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1980s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Tantrika - Lithograph by Karel Appel - 1985
By Karel Appel
Located in Roma, IT
Tantrika is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by Karel Appel (Amsterdam, 1921 – Zurich, 2006) in 1985
Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin in pencil: Appel.
Num...
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1980s Contemporary Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
HAPPY COUPLE I Signed Lithograph, Abstract Portrait, Yellow, Blue, Black, Red
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
HAPPY COUPLE I is a limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed in 1978 in New York City using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking...
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1970s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
LYING IN COLORS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Figures, Blue Green Yellow Red Plum
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
LYING IN COLORS is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on Somerset paper, 100% acid free.
LYING IN COLORS...
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1970s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
SLEEPY BIRD, Signed Lithograph, Abstract Bird, Smiling Face, Red Yellow Lavender
By Karel Appel
Located in Union City, NJ
SLEEPY BIRD is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using hand lithography techniques on Arches paper, 100% acid free. SLEEPY BIRD is a live...
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1970s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Pink Cat, Karel Appel
By Karel Appel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Title: Pink Cat
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: Bon à Tirer; 125, plus proofs
Size: 24.75 x 32.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
I...
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1980s Pop Art Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Screen
Happy Battle, Lithograph by Karel Appel
By Karel Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract expressionist lithograph by Karel Appel from 1979.
Happy Battle
Karel Appel, Dutch (1921–2006)
Date: 1979
Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Sad Cat, Karel Appel
By Karel Appel
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Title: Sad Cat
Year: 1980
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Edition: 88/125, plus proofs
Size: 24.75 x 32.25 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Sign...
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1980s Pop Art Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Screen
Walking with my Bird, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Karel Appel
By Karel Appel
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract expressionist lithograph by Karel Appel from 1979.
Artist: Karel Appel
Title: Walking with my Bird
Year: 1979
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, Signed and numbered in pencil...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Vibrant Abstract Cat Edition of 100
By Karel Appel
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant abstract lithograph of a cat by artist Karel Appel in 1969. Edition of 100. Signed and dated by artist in lower right corner. Marked E.A., or "épreuve d’artiste", which is th...
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1960s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
L'Hibou Rouge
By Karel Appel
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Arches. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 75. Signed, dated and inscribed "ea" in pencil by Appel.
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1960s Modern Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Color, Lithograph
Drole de Drame
By Karel Appel
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Drole de Drame
Lithograph, 1960
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil lower right
(see photos)
Edition: 120 (91/120)
Published by L’Ouevre Grave, Geneve (blindstamp recto)
Printed by ...
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1960s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Oiseau de l'aube
By Karel Appel
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce, early color lithograph on Johannot cream wove paper. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 120. Signed and inscribed "epreuve d'artiste" in...
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1950s Expressionist Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Color, Lithograph
Child With Hoop-Poster, New York Graphic Society. Printed in Holland
By Karel Appel
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Copyright New York Graphic Society, Inc. Printed in Holland. The poster measures 26.75 x 21 inches and is unframed. The piece is in Good Condition.
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Late 20th Century Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
Frightened Cat
By Karel Appel
Located in Summit, NJ
Beautiful bold lithograph by Karel Appel pencil signed lower right and editioned H.C. VI/XV lower left.
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1970s Abstract Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Lithograph
UNTITLED (FROM TANTRIKA 1)
By Karel Appel
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From Tantrika 1 portfolio. Color lithograph on Arches paper. Frame size approx 39 x 31 inches From the roman numeral edition of X (10). Cer...
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1980s Contemporary Karel Appel Abstract Prints
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Paper, Lithograph
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- What is Karel Appel famous for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertJanuary 19, 2025Karel 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.