Flying Ammand (Le monde en miettes) (Flying Ammand (The World in Crumbs))

Details

Karel Appel (1921-2006)
Flying Ammand (Le monde en miettes) (Flying Ammand (The World in Crumbs))
signed 'appel' (lower edge); titled 'Flying Ammand' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 38 ¼in. (130 x 97cm.)
Painted in 1961

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London.
New Art Centre, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1987.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Further Details

This work is registered in the archive of the Karel Appel Foundation.

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Lot Essay

'Each thing of shape stands alone and thus acquires an exceptional significance. It is embodied in a rhythm of colours which also embraces the beholder. The brushstroke is of so much importance, either to point something out which does not really exist or to reflect a space: playful creatures, profoundness, jokes, sudden turns.' KAREL APPEL

Flying Ammand (Le monde en miettes) (Flying Ammand (The World in Crumbs))

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