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Karel Appel

Karel Appel

1921

WA-00012818

PaintingCoBrA

Representation

None documented

8

Institutional Exhibitions

28

Works in Collection

64

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ152793

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum

2026

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Handmade Paper Prints and Unique Works

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1969

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Recent Acquisitions: Five European Painters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1966–1967

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Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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New Images of Man

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Recent Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955–1956

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The New Decade: 22 European Painters and Sculptors

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1955

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
BiographyGallery Generic· 72%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Blum-Poehttps://www.artsy.net/artist/karel-appel
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/karel-appel-1921-2006
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/203
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Rijksmuseum Tate New Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (28)

Untitled, from Pour Jorn

Untitled, from Pour Jorn

1976 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 75 × 54 cm (29 9/16 × 21 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from For Jorn (Pour Jorn)

1976 · One from a portfolio of fourteen lithographs

composition (irreg.): 26 1/8 × 18 3/8" (66.4 × 46.7 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 21 5/16" (75.1 × 54.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

[no title]

1975 · Lithograph on paper

image: 692 x 483 mm

Heads in a Colourful Landscape

Heads in a Colourful Landscape

1965 · Lithograph on paper

image: 575 x 762 mm

Three Heads

1965 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 18 3/4 x 18 1/4" (47.6 x 46.4 cm); sheet: 25 13/16 x 20" (65.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (pages 132 and 133) from 1¢ Life

Double page plate (pages 132 and 133) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 11/16 × 21 1/4" (39.8 × 54 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In-text plate (page 103) from 1¢ Life

In-text plate (page 103) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 13 3/8 × 10 1/2" (34 × 26.7 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Double page plate (pages 128 and 129) from 1¢ Life

Double page plate (pages 128 and 129) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 7/8 × 21 1/2" (40.3 × 54.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 22 13/16" (41 × 58 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 63) from 1¢ Life

Plate (page 63) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 13/16 × 10 15/16" (40.1 × 27.8 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate (page 74) from 1¢ Life

Plate (page 74) from 1¢ Life

1964 · Lithograph from an illustrated book with sixty-two lithographs and reproductions

composition: 15 3/4 × 11 3/8" (40 × 28.9 cm); page (irreg.): 16 1/8 × 11 7/16" (41 × 29 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

You and Me (Toi et Moi)

You and Me (Toi et Moi)

1963 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 25 7/8 x 19 3/4" (65.7 x 50.2 cm); sheet: 29 7/8 x 21 7/8" (75.9 x 55.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1960 · Lithograph on paper

image: 299 x 296 mm

Untitled

1959 · Lithograph in blue, yellow, green, brown, and gray on white wove paper

Image: 49.5 × 75.5 cm (19 1/2 × 29 3/4 in.); Sheet: 57 × 76 cm (22 1/2 × 29 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Tragic Space

1959 · Oil on canvas

45 1/8 x 59 1/8" (114.6 x 150.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1959 · Crayon on paper (recto); pencil on paper (verso)

10 3/4 x 14 1/8" (27.3 x 35.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rhapsodie de ma nuit

1958 · Illustrated book with 6 lithographs

Museum of Modern Art

Étienne-Martin

Étienne-Martin

1956 · Oil on canvas

6' 4 7/8" x 51 1/4" (195.1 x 130.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Beast

1956 · Ink on paper

9 3/8 x 12 5/8" (23.8 x 32.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Amorous Dance

1955 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1140 x 1460 mm

People, Birds and Sun

People, Birds and Sun

1954 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1730 x 2428 mm

1954 · Lithograph

irreg. composition 16 7/16 x 11 7/8" (41.8 x 30.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1951 · Oil on canvas

60 × 80 cm (23 5/8 × 31 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

De Vierkante Man

De Vierkante Man

1951 · paint on oil paint (paint), linen (material)

width: 118 cm, depth: 4 cm, height: 120.5 cm

Child with Birds

Child with Birds

1950 · Oil on canvas

Framed: 40 3/4 x 40 3/4" (103.5 x 103.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

28 published of 43 catalogued · 38 with image

MoMA
16 publishedof 31 catalogued26 img
Tate
7 published7 img
Art Institute Chicago
3 published3 img
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 9)

9 entries · 1 sources

Standing Figure
1949 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Untitled
1960 · Tate · 1 prov
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Questioning Children
1949 · Tate · 1 prov
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Heads in a Colourful Landscape
1965 · Tate · 1 prov
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[no title]
1975 · Tate · 1 prov
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Hip, Hip, Hoorah!
1949 · Tate · 1 prov
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Amorous Dance
1955 · Tate · 1 prov
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People, Birds and Sun
1954 · Tate · 1 prov
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De Vierkante Man
1951 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Record

Images

21 assets

Standing Figure (1949)

Rijksmuseum

De Vierkante Man (1951)

Rijksmuseum

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Kunstveiling in gebouw van Mak van Waay te Amsterdam kijkdag schilderij Hek in, Bestanddeelnr 922 1272

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Kunstveiling in gebouw van Mak van Waay te Amsterdam kijkdag schilderij Hek in, Bestanddeelnr 922 1271

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Sculpturen van Karel Appel bij Sothebys in Amsterdam worden opgesteld, Bestanddeelnr 933 9158

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Tentoonstelling werken van Karel Appel in Stedelijk Museum , houten poppetje van, Bestanddeelnr 917 8993

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Tentoonstelling werken van Karel Appel in Stedelijk Museum, Bestanddeelnr 917 8992

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Relationships

11

Movements1

Collections10

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Tate New Museum Rijksmuseum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Tate

In collection

New Museum

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

New Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Heritage Auctions

Market

Auction History

Work	Auction House	Date	Estimate	Hammer Price
Untitled	Artsy	Feb 2026	$600 – $900	Unsold