Karel Appel artwork • painting • for sale Le Roi Mage
Karel Appel
Amsterdam 1921-2006 Zürich (Zwitserland)
1921-2006
Le Roi Mage
oil on canvas 53.5 x 32.1 cm, signed u.l. and to be dated 1952-1953
This painting is for sale.
price range: € 100.000 or above
Provenance: coll. Jeannette Leroy; Galerie 1900-2000, Parijs; André Simoens Gallery, Knokke, 1978; part. bezit; veiling Christie's, Londen, 9 febr. 2006, lotnr. 179, alwaar verworven door de vorige eigenaar (part. bezit Groot-Brittannië).
Literature: Knokke, André Simoens Gallery, 'CoBrA', 1987, cat.nr. 586.
Exhibited: Knokke, België, André Simoens Gallery, 'CoBrA', 1987.
Appel painted ‘The Royal Magician’ just after the Cobra period and just before his wild ‘painter beast’ years.
© Simonis & Buunk
