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Karel Appel - Painted Book Cover | Cowley Abbott
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Karel Appel
Painted Book Cover
, 1980
colour crayon on a canvas-bound book
signed on the spine. Contained in an acrylic display case
15.5 × 12 × 1.5 in (39.4 × 30.5 × 3.8 cm) (overall)
Auction Estimate:
$2,000 - $3,000
Sale date:
October 7 - 21, 2025
Price Realized
$2,400
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Private Collection, Toronto
This work is a unique hand-drawn cover (front and back) on the artist's monograph of works on paper by Jean-Clarence Lambert. Published by Abbeville Press, New York.
