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KAREL APPEL (1921-2006)
Huilend meisje (Crying Girl)
signed and dated 'ck. Appel 53' (lower left)
oil on canvas
116 x 89cm.
Painted in 1953
Provenance
Ethel Portnoy, the Netherlands (acquired directly from the artist in 1953).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Paris, 29 May 2012, lot 9.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
M. Ragon, Karel Appel. Schilderijen 1937-1957, Amsterdam 1988, no. 701 (illustrated, p. 397).
Exhibited
Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Karel Appel, 1953.
Venice, XXVIIe Exposition Biennale Internationale des Beaux-Arts, 1954, no. 26.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Junge Kunst aus Holland 1945-1955, 1955, no. 9.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Facetten 2, 1956-1957, no. 83.
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, Grande Galerie, 1996-1997.
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Face à l'Histoire 1933-1996. L'artiste moderne devant l'événement historique, 1996-1997 (illustrated, p. 254).
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Klee and Cobra - A Child's Play, 2011-2012 (illustrated, p. 191). This exhibition later travelled to Humblebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and Amstelveen, Cobra Museum of Modern Art.
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