Square Man, Karel Appel, 1951

oil on canvas, h 120.5cm × w 118cm × d 4cm More details
© Karel Appel Foundation/Pictoright

This male figure with a fierce gaze just barely fits into the almost square picture plane. Its head is about as large as its body. The composition is built up of flat planes and lines, which are intersected by a spine cutting straight through the body. Its arms spread wide apart and genitals boldly exposed, this colourful character forces itself on everyone.

Identification

Title(s)

Square Man (original title)

Object type

painting

Object number

SK-A-5002

Inscriptions / marks

signature and date: ‘C.K. Appel '51’

Creation

Artist

painter: Karel Appel

Place

Paris

Dating

1951

Material and Technique

Physical features

oil on canvas

Material

Technique

painting

Measurements

height 120.5 cm × width 118 cm × depth 4 cm

Subject

What

standing figure

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Purchased with the support of the BankGiro Lottery

Acquisition

purchase 22-Aug-2008

Copyright

Karel Appel Foundation/Pictoright

Documentation

De geschiedenis van Nederland in 100 voorwerpen, Gijs van der Ham, p. 485-488, afb., cat.nr. 92
Karel Appel : de biografie, Cathérine van Houts, p. 172
Karel Appel retrospective, Rudi H. Fuchs, p. 15
Karel Appel : ik wou dat ik een vogel was : berichten uit het atelier, Karel Appel, Rudi H. Fuchs
Karel Appel : schilderijen 1937-1957, Michel Ragon, p. 324, cat.nr. 621
Karel Appel, Peter Bellew, afb. 60
Appel, Bert Schierbeek, Simon Vinkenoog
Keuze uit de aanwinsten, p. 494-495, afb.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2008, afb. p. 36.
Michel Ragon, Karel Appel. The Early Years 1937-1957, Parijs 1988, p. 325.

Persistent URL

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