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Flying Fish by Christiaan Karel Appel

Flying Fish by Christiaan Karel Appel

Flying Fish

Christiaan Karel Appel

Title

Flying Fish

 
Artist

Christiaan Karel Appel

  1921 - 2006 (biography)
Year
1977  
Technique
multi-color wooden sculpture, hand painted multiple. 
Image Size
21" H, 21-3/4" W, 7-1/2" D 
Signature
pigment signed, lower right front; ink signature on certificate collaged to bottom of stand 
Edition Size
Hors Commerce (H.C.), apart from the published edition of 50 (plus 15 other proofs) 
Annotations
certificate of authentication glued to bottom of stand with ink edition number (H.C.) and signature of Walter Maibaum of Editions Press 
Reference
Editions Press 354; de Visser & Hagenberg #77-002 
Paper
 
State
published 
Publisher
Editions Press, San Francisco 
Inventory ID
ROJA113 
Price
SOLD
Description

CoBrA artist Karel Appel did this sculpture as part of a series he did in San Francisco at Editions Press, in the mid 1970s this in a total edition of 65. The structure was constructed by Editions Press and each work was then hand painted by Appel and will vary greatly from sculpture to sculpture.

There was an edition of 50 numbered 1/50 to 50/50; 7 Artist's Proofs, reserved for the artist, 7 H.C. proofs (of which this is one), reserved for the collaborators; and one Museum Proof for Appel's museum collection.

The Certificate of Authenticity attached to the bottom of the base reads: "This is an original multiple wood sculpture by Karel Appel constructed by Editions Press of San Francisco. Each work has been hand painted and signed by the artist."

"The Following Colors Were Used in Painting These Original Sculptures: 1. Hyplar Cadmium Red, Medium; 2. Hyplar Manganese Blue; 3. Hyplar Titanium White; 4. Hyplar Cadmium Yellow, Deep; 5. Hyplar Permanent Green; 6. Hyplar Purple. 7. Hyplar Cadmium Red, Light; and 8. Hyplar Mars Black. The Artist Has Also Mixed A Number Of The Above Colors to Achieve Variant Colors."