Karel Appel *
(Amsterdam 1921–2006 Zurich)
Untitled, signed, oil on canvas, 35 x 22 cm, framed
Provenance:
Raccolta Aldo, Venice (stamp on the reverse)
Galleria Seno, Milan (certificate available and stamp on the reverse)
European Private Collection (acquired from the above, 1980)
‘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.’
(Karel Appel, excerpt', c. 1953, in Karel Appel, Painter, eds. Hugo Claus, Harry N. Abrams - New York, 1962)
