Medium: Original lithograph on paper
Artist: Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921–2006)
Title:An American Portrait
Date: 1976
Printer: Atelier Mourlot, Paris
Dimensions: 30.75" W x 21.75" H (sight)
Frame: Original silver gallery frame, under museum acrylic
Signature: Signed in plate
Condition: Good, wear consistent with age
Original lithograph by Dutch Expressionist artist Karel Appel, titled An American Portrait, created in 1976 for the United States Bicentennial. Printed by the Atelier Mourlot in Paris. Housed in its original silver gallery frame under museum acrylic. In good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to pictures for details.
Artist Biography
Karel Appel (1921–2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and printmaker, and a founding member of the influential post-war avant-garde movement CoBrA (1948–1951). Born in Amsterdam, Appel studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in the early 1940s. The CoBrA movement,named for the home cities of its founders (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam), rejected geometric abstraction and academic formalism in favor of spontaneous, expressive, and figurative imagery drawn from primitive art, children's drawings, and Nordic mythology.
After CoBrA disbanded in 1951, Appel relocated to Paris, where he continued to work, incorporating elements of Art Brut and Abstract Expressionism.
In addition to painting and sculpture, Appel produced a significant body of graphic work, including lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts, many of which were printed by the legendary Atelier Mourlot in Paris. His prints are held in major institutional collections worldwide.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Karel Appel are held in numerous institutional collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Tate Modern (London), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Guggenheim Museum (New York), the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
About Atelier Mourlot
Atelier Mourlot, founded in Paris in 1852 by the Mourlot family, is one of the most celebrated printmaking workshops in history. Under the direction of Fernand Mourlot in the mid-twentieth century, the atelier became the preeminent printer of fine art lithographs, collaborating with an extensive roster of modernist masters including Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Miró, Braque, Calder, and Léger. Mourlot's technical innovations and commitment to artistic collaboration revitalized the medium of lithography, elevating it to a major form of artistic expression. The workshop's archive and legacy remain central to the history of twentieth-century printmaking.
Medium: Original lithograph on paper
Artist: Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921–2006)
Title:An American Portrait
Date: 1976
Printer: Atelier Mourlot, Paris
Dimensions: 30.75" W x 21.75" H (sight)
Frame: Original silver gallery frame, under museum acrylic
Signature: Signed in plate
Condition: Good, wear consistent with age
Original lithograph by Dutch Expressionist artist Karel Appel, titled An American Portrait, created in 1976 for the United States Bicentennial. Printed by the Atelier Mourlot in Paris. Housed in its original silver gallery frame under museum acrylic. In good condition with wear consistent with age. Please refer to pictures for details.
Artist Biography
Karel Appel (1921–2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and printmaker, and a founding member of the influential post-war avant-garde movement CoBrA (1948–1951). Born in Amsterdam, Appel studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in the early 1940s. The CoBrA movement,named for the home cities of its founders (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam), rejected geometric abstraction and academic formalism in favor of spontaneous, expressive, and figurative imagery drawn from primitive art, children's drawings, and Nordic mythology.
After CoBrA disbanded in 1951, Appel relocated to Paris, where he continued to work, incorporating elements of Art Brut and Abstract Expressionism.
In addition to painting and sculpture, Appel produced a significant body of graphic work, including lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts, many of which were printed by the legendary Atelier Mourlot in Paris. His prints are held in major institutional collections worldwide.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Karel Appel are held in numerous institutional collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Tate Modern (London), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Guggenheim Museum (New York), the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
About Atelier Mourlot
Atelier Mourlot, founded in Paris in 1852 by the Mourlot family, is one of the most celebrated printmaking workshops in history. Under the direction of Fernand Mourlot in the mid-twentieth century, the atelier became the preeminent printer of fine art lithographs, collaborating with an extensive roster of modernist masters including Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Miró, Braque, Calder, and Léger. Mourlot's technical innovations and commitment to artistic collaboration revitalized the medium of lithography, elevating it to a major form of artistic expression. The workshop's archive and legacy remain central to the history of twentieth-century printmaking.
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