LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.25 in. (99.70 cm.) (height) by 35.35 in. (89.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'K. Appel '50' (upper left)

Exhibited:

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Cobra, May-July 1966, no. 39.

Literature:

W. Stokvis, Cobra. Geschiedenis, voorspel en betekenis van een beweging in de kunst van na de tweede wereldoorlog, Amsterdam 1980, no. 52 (illustrated, p. 280). P. Restany, "Karel Appel, le Cobra collecteur", in Beaux-Arts Magazine, June 1987, no. 47 (illustrated on the cover and p. 56). W. Stokvis, Cobra de Weg naar Spontaniteit, Amsterdam 2001 (illustrated in colour, p. 70).

Provenance:

Lambert Collection, Brussels. Their sale, Christie's London, 3 July 1987, lot 1030. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.