Karel Appel
(1921 - 2006)
Previously Sold Works
KAREL APPEL
Self-Portrait
gouache and collage on paper
signed and dated 1971 lower right
39 x 28 ins ( 99.1 x 71.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $23,000.00
Sale date: June 25th 2014
KAREL APPEL
Sem Titulo
colour serigraph
signed, dated 1977 and numbered 4/100 in the lower margin
28.25 x 24.25 ins ( 71.8 x 61.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $1,652.00
Sale date: July 18th 2018
KAREL APPEL
The Nazareth Tapestry
tapestry
signed in the weave lower left; titled and inscribed “No.174” on a label on the reverse
110 x 83 ins ( 279.4 x 210.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: June 28th 2022
KAREL APPEL
Donkey
colour lithograph
signed, dated 1971 and numbered 51/100 in the lower margin; titled “Donkey” and dated on a gallery label on the backing on the reverse
23 x 33 ins ( 58.4 x 83.8 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: September 12th 2023
KAREL APPEL
From Night Faces on Broadway
colour etching and aquatint with carborundum
signed, dated 1975 and numbered 29/50 in the lower margin; titled “Night Face in Broadway 5 Times” on two labels on the backing on the reverse
23 x 28 ins ( 58.4 x 71.1 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
KAREL APPEL
Paysage Mystérieux
colour lithograph
signed, dated 1959 and numbered 43/120 in the lower margin
22 x 29.25 ins ( 55.9 x 74.3 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: April 19th 2022
KAREL APPEL
From Personnages
colour lithograph
signed, dated 1970 and numbered 69/100 in the lower margin
26 x 19.75 ins ( 66 x 50.2 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $540.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
KAREL APPEL
Untitled, 1959
colour lithograph
signed lower right; numbered 103/200 lower left
15 x 19 ins ( 38.1 x 48.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 28th 2023
KAREL APPEL
Walking Cat (from Cats Suite)
colour lithograph
signed and inscribed “épreuve d’atelier” in the lower margin
22 x 30 ins ( 55.9 x 76.2 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: September 12th 2023
KAREL APPEL
Black Face
colour lithograph
signed, dated 1969 and numbered 1/75 in the lower margin
20 x 25 ins ( 50.8 x 63.5 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: September 12th 2023
KAREL APPEL
Happy Child
colour lithograph
signed and dated 1977 lower right; unframed
24.5 x 22.5 ins ( 62.2 x 57.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: February 19th 2015
KAREL APPEL
Dancing in the Spring
colour lithograph
signed, dated 1970 and numbered 53/100; a small tear in the upper right corner
26 x 40 ins ( 66 x 101.6 cms )
KAREL APPEL
Street Kitten
colour lithograph
signed and numbered 38/100 in the lower margin
22 x 29.5 ins ( 55.9 x 74.9 cms )
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K. Appel Biography
(1921 - 2006)
Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, muralist, sculptor and poet, educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. Appel helped set up the Dutch Experimental Group in Amsterdam, which soon involved other international artists to create the International CoBrA group in 1948.
Influenced by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Jean Dubuffet, Appel utilized a vibrant and spontaneous picture language typical of the controversial CoBrA artists, leading the way for a new era of expressive painting in Europe. Appel was very active during this period and developed a new style of assemblage using elements of wood and found objects in relief, and also introduced elements of narrative representation.
In the 1940s he created his “objets poubelles” (rubbish objects), for which he became famous. These junk and found objects usually centred on a poignant and characteristically expressionistic theme, as with “Vragende Kinderen” (Questioning Children) of 1948-49.
Appel travelled to Mexico, the United States, Yugoslavia and Brazil, garnering international acclaim with solo exhibitions along the way. Appel received the UNESCO prize at the Venice Biennale in 1954, and the first prize at the Guggenheim Internationale exhibition in 1960. The Karel Appel Foundation established in 1999 in his hometown of Amsterdam.
