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| Image | Last Sale Date | Title | Edition No. | Last Sale | Last Sale Auction House | Last Sale Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2025 | Bird"s Head | 2 | Christie's | New York | |||
sculpture
69.8 x 44.5 x 47 cm (27.5 x 17.5 x 18.5 in)
bronze with dark brown patina
incised with the artist"s signature, number and date "K.Appel 2/3 1949" (on the base)
Private collection, Philadelphia
Private collection
Jaski Art Gallery, Amsterdam
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995
Hempstead, New York, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, A Cobra Portfolio, a Selection of Abstract Artists in Europe Post World War II , April-June 1981.
Malmö Konsthalle and Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall and Amsterdam, Nieuwe Kerk, Cobra speglad i Karel van Stijvenbergs samling , October 1986-December 1988 (another example exhibited).
Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Karel Appel. Dipinti, sculture e collages , October-November 1987, p. 108 (another example exhibited).
The Hague, Paleis Lange Voorhout, The Interior , October 1992-January 1993 (another example exhibited).
Seoul, The National Museum of Contemporary Art and Taiwan, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Karel Appel Retrospective , April 1994-December 1994 (another example exhibited).
Valencia, Museo de Bellas Artes, 50 años del movimento Cobra , October-November 1997 (another example exhibited).
Scheveningen, Museum Beelden aan Zee; Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe and Bremen, Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, Karel Appel. Sculptures Without a Hero , April 1998-October 1999 (another example exhibited).
Amstelveen, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Karel Appel. Beelden 1936-2000 , April-August 2001 (another example exhibited).
Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Karel Appel: Object Paintings , February-April 2021 (another example exhibited).
H. de Visser and R. Hagenberg, eds., Karel Appel: The Complete Sculptures 1936-1990 , New York, 1990, pp.142-243 and 318, no. 47-009 (another example illustrated).
D. Kuspit, Karel Appel Sculpture: A Catalogue Raisonne , New York, 1994, p. 148 (another example illustrated).
KAREL APPEL (1921-2006)
Bird"s Head
incised with the artist"s signature, number and date "K.Appel 2/3 1949" (on the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
27 1 / 2 x 17 1 / 2 x 18 1 / 2 in. (69.9 x 44.5 x 47 cm.)
Conceived in 1947 and cast circa 1963-1964. This work is number two from an edition of three.
