Lot No. 646


Karel Appel *


(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled, signed, oil on canvas, 35 x 22 cm, framed

Provenance:
Raccolta Aldo, Venice (stamp on the reverse)
Galleria Seno, Milan (certificate available and stamp on the reverse)
European Private Collection (acquired from the above, 1980)

‘My paint is like a rocket, which describes its 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.’
(Karel Appel, excerpt', c. 1953, in Karel Appel, Painter, eds. Hugo Claus, Harry N. Abrams - New York, 1962)

Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41

alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it

24.05.2024 - 18:09

Realized price: **
EUR 44,200.-
Estimate:
EUR 18,000.- to EUR 26,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 18,000.-

Karel Appel *


(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled, signed, oil on canvas, 35 x 22 cm, framed

Provenance:
Raccolta Aldo, Venice (stamp on the reverse)
Galleria Seno, Milan (certificate available and stamp on the reverse)
European Private Collection (acquired from the above, 1980)

‘My paint is like a rocket, which describes its 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.’
(Karel Appel, excerpt', c. 1953, in Karel Appel, Painter, eds. Hugo Claus, Harry N. Abrams - New York, 1962)

Specialist: Alessandro Rizzi Alessandro Rizzi
+39-02-303 52 41

alessandro.rizzi@dorotheum.it


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Auction: Contemporary Art II
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 24.05.2024 - 18:09
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 11.05. - 23.05.2024


** Purchase price incl. buyer's premium and VAT

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