About the Artwork
Fighting Birds
1959
Karel Appel
1921-2006
Dutch
Unknown
Gouache on wove paper
Framed: 17 3/4 × 22 1/4 inches (45.1 × 56.5 cm)
Drawings
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Bequest of W. Hawkins Ferry
F1988.83
Restricted
Markings
Signed and dated, in pencil, lower left: appel '59
Inscribed, in red ink, verso: 7/61 Inscribed, in pencil, verso: #5306/Fighting Birds
Watermark: BFK RIVES
Provenance
estate of W. Hawkins Ferry;1988-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Karel Appel, Fighting Birds, 1959, gouache on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of W. Hawkins Ferry, F1988.83.
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