Blue Raven, 1985
Print : aquatint · 100 x 80 x 1 cm 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch · Ready to hang
$1,972
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About the artwork
Type
Print : numbered and limited to 15 copies
1 copy available
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
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Dimensions ( cm • inch )
100 x 80 x 1 cm 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
104 x 84 x 3 cm 40.9 x 33.1 x 1.2 inch
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An expressive aquatint etching by celebrated Dutch CoBrA artist Karel Appel.
Hand-signed and dated in pencil by the artist in the lower right: Appel 88.
Hand-numbered H.C. 13/15 (Hors Commerce) in the lower left, indicating it is one of just 15 prints outside the regular edition, traditionally reserved for the artist and collaborators.
The work exemplifies Appels bold, gestural approach to line and color, blending abstract expressionism with animal symbolism.
This original aquatint etching is printed on thick, hand-crafted paper (Bütten), and features dynamic black bird forms interwoven with vivid cobalt blue, set against a soft blue background. The composition captures the wild movement and free spirit characteristic of Appels work.
Professional framed in our own frame-shop, float-mounted on linen, in a custom-made, acid-free, white passe-partout in a bespoke wooden frame. The frames depth and craftsmanship lend the work a timeless elegance. Size framed approx. 100 x 80 cm
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Karel Appel is a Dutch artist born in Amsterdam in 1921 (He died in 2006). From 1940 to 1943, he studied at the Beaux-Art academy in Amsterdam.
In 1948, with Corneille and Constant, Karel Appel creates the experimental group "Reflex", the Dutch division of the CoBra group, a movement gathering artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam and born in reaction to the fight between abstraction and figuration. The artists of this movement gather around their common interest in primitive, naive, and popular art, and the idea that everyone can practice art.
Influenced by the artwork of Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee and Henri Matisse, Karel Appel is notably known for his numerous wood panels in relief and his wall paintings about childhood. At the limit of abstraction, his artworks are characterized by the use of bright and pure colors in a naive and charged aesthetic.
In 2009, the Lelong Gallery holds an exhibition for him under the name "Peintures 2000-2001" and in 2012; his artworks are presented during the exhibition "Cobra- Sous le regard d'un passionné" at the LAAC in Dunkerque.
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