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Karel Appel (b. Amsterdam 1921, d. Zürich 2006)

“Têtes partoute”. Signed Appel '59; titled on the reverse and inscribed 'Venice'. Oil on canvas. 116×89 cm.

Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.

“My paint Tube is like a Rocket which describes it's own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I cannot Foresee, it is a surprise. Painting, like passion, is an emotion Full of Truth and rings a Living sound, Like The Roar coming from The Lion's breast”.

“To paint is To destroy what preceded. I never Try to make a painting, but a chunk of Life. It is a scream, it is a night, it is Like a child, it is a Tiger behind bars”.

Karel Appel in: Hugo Claus: “Karel Appel - painter”, Thames & Hudson, London 1963, both quotes ill. in facsimile.

This lot is subject to Artist's Royalty.
Condition

Condition report on request. Please contact: modernart@bruun-rasmussen.dk

Additional Remarks

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Auction

Paintings & sculptures, 8 December 2020

Category
Estimate

800,000–1,000,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

800,000 DKK