KAREL APPEL Signed Large 1971 Lithograph #96/100 Start Price USD 2,500.00 Current Price USD 2,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 05, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 12, 2008 Location Los Angeles, CA See more about 'KAREL APPEL Signed Large 1971 Lithograph #96/100 ' Description Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE! KAREL APPEL Signed Large 1971 Lithograph #96/100   Description Karel Appel, original color lithograph of abstract personages, signed and dated 1971 under the image near the lower right corner by Appel in pencil, marked number 96 of 100 under the image near the lower left corner in pencil, 28 by 41.5 inches, mounted on acid free Japanese rice paper over canvas (30 by 43.5 inches) using water soluble glue.   This lithograph was recently conserved to remove some surface dirt and the lithograph was mounted to canvas to stabilize a small tear to the left side of a few inches.  As can be seen in the accompanying photos, the lithograph has been restored to virtually mint condition.  The surface is pristine and there is no sign of a tear.  The canvas is slightly larger than the lithograph to facilitate framing.  Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in Amsterdam. From 1940 to 1943 he studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In 1946 his first solo show was held at Het Beerenhuis in Groningen, the Netherlands, and he participated in the Jonge Schilders exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam. About this time Appel was influenced first by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, then by Jean Dubuffet. He was a member of the Nederlandse Experimentele Groep and established the COBRA movement in 1948 with Constant, Corneille, and others. In 1949 Appel completed a fresco for the cafeteria of the city hall in Amsterdam, which created such controversy that it was covered for ten years. In 1950 the artist moved to Paris; there the writer Hugo Claus introduced him to Michel Tapies, who organized various exhibitions of his work. Appel was given a solo show at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1953. He received the UNESCO Prize at the Venice Biennale of 1954, and was commissioned to execute a mural for the restaurant of the Stedelijk Museum in 1956. The following year Appel traveled to Mexico and the United States and won a graphics prize at the Ljubljana Biennial in Yugoslavia. He was awarded an International Prize for Painting at the Sao Paulo Bienal in 1959. The first major monograph on Appel, written by Claus, was published in 1962. In the late 1960s the artist moved to the Chateau de Molesmes, near Auxerre, southeast of Paris. Solo exhibitions of his work were held at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain in Paris and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1968, and at the Kunsthalle Basel and the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels in 1969. During the 1950s and 1960s he executed numerous murals for public buildings. A major Appel show opened at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht in 1970, and a retrospective of his work toured Canada and the United States in 1972.  Karel Appel died on May 3, 2006 in Austria and was buried at the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.  This lithograph will be shipped flat and packed by professional packers.  There will be a flat fee of $100 that includes packing, shipping charges (FedEx or UPS ground), and insurance.   Please ignore any other amount if the eBay system shows a different one. NO RESERVE! Buyer to pay shipping/handling (priority mail preferred). Please allow time for personal check to clear or send money order for quick shipping. Credit cards, Pay Pal, etc. are not accepted. I also do not use the eBay Checkout system. You may e-mail me with your address to let me know where to send the item. I will hopefully be able to e-mail you all the information about shipping costs and where to send payment within 24 hours after the end of the auction. Details Condition Near Mint Payment and Shipping info Payment Options Money Order/Cashier's Check, Personal Check   Shipping Fixed Shipping Charges.$100.00 (Domestic) UPS Ground, FedEx Ground®No International Shipping Quantity Available 1 Click picture to enlarge Click picture to enlarge Click picture to enlarge More than just a pretty picture. Try Vendio Image Hosting. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.   Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today! Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Place a Bid!