Karel Appel (b. Amsterdam 1921, d. Zürich 2006)
Figure composition, c. 1969. Signed Appel. Oil on canvas. 81×54 cm.
Copy of a letter from Mr. Jan Segaar, Amtwerpen, September 2017, to follow this lot. Provenance: Galleria Centro di Via Brera, Milan. Stamped on the reverse. Provenance: Private collection, Denmark.
“I work spontaneously without my mind. With my mind I can easily alter an image and create a fine painting, add a little yellow or a little red. But making a fine painting is not what is most important to me. I want to express something spontaneous, something explosive – or something along this vein.” (Karel Appel quoted from Virtus Schade: “COBRA – fra hoved til hale” (COBRA – from head to tail), Copenhagen 1971, p.p. 106–107.)
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