Abstraction
Abstraction

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Abstraction,

1955

Karel Appel, Dutch, 1921–2006
y1967-122

Information

Title
Abstraction
Dates

1955

Maker
Karel Appel
Medium
? on paper
Dimensions
56.7 x 76.9 cm (22 5/16 x 30 1/4 in.) frame: 71.5 x 90.7 x 3.7 cm (28 1/8 x 35 11/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard H. Bernheim Jr., Class of 1959
Object Number
y1967-122
Signatures
Signed in pencil, bottom right: K. Appel 55.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Embossed on upper left corner, bent in an angle and at the end of a watermark: veritable papier d’arches fin.;
Culture
Dutch
Type
paintings
Materials
paper (fiber product)
Subject
abstraction

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