Lot Essay
‘A painting is not a construction of colours and lines. But an animal. A night, a cry, a person, or all of that together’ - Karel Appel
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White Mask
Details
Karel Appel (1921-2006)
White Mask
signed and dated 'CK. Appel '58' (lower right)
oil on canvas
96.5 x 129.5cm.
Painted in 1958
White Mask
signed and dated 'CK. Appel '58' (lower right)
oil on canvas
96.5 x 129.5cm.
Painted in 1958
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1959.
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1959.
Exhibited
San Francisco, San Francisco Art Museum, Karel Appel West Coast Exhibition, 1961-1962, no. 23. This exhibition later travelled to Pasadena, Pasadena Art Museum; Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Art Museum; Seattle, Seattle Art Museum and La Jolla, La Jolla Art Museum.
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.
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Further Details
This work is registered in the Archive of the Karel Appel Foundation.
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Elvira Jansen