Karel Appel *
(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Tête Échevelée, 1977, signed and dated, oil and wood reliefs mounted on board, 68 x 83.5 cm, framed
This work is registered in the Karel Appel Foundation, Amsterdam and is accompanied by a photo certificate of authenticity

Provenance:
Galerie Guy Pieters, Saint-Paul de Vence (certificate available)
Tornabuoni Arte, Florence (certificate available)
European Private Collection

“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.”
Quotes from: 'Karel Appel, excerpt', c. 1953, in Karel Appel, Painter, eds. Hugo Claus, Harry N. Abrams - New York, 1962; as quoted in Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art, eds. Kristine Stiles & Peter Selz, University of California Press, 1996, p. 209