Untitled
Signed Appel. Executed 1986. Canvas 41 x 50.5 cm.
Executed 1986.
Certificate from the Karel Appel Foundation issued 2014 accompanies this lot.
Photograph with the artist's signature on verso accompanies this lot.
Karel Appel was a Netherlandish visual artist, sculptor and ceramic artist born in Amsterdam. Appel studied at Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. Appel drew inspirations for his creations from Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. During his studies Appel met Beverloo Corneille who he later formed COBRA alongside. His artworks are often vibrant and expressionistic and depict various figures. Appel sculpted with different materials in what is known as the assemblage technique.
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