“Cat on a roof”, 1951
signed and dated and signed again and dedicated ‘pour M. Tapie 1953 Paris’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
50 x 61 cm
This work is registered in the Archive of the Karel Appel Foundation.
PROVENANCE
Given by the artist to art critic, curator and collector Michel Tapié, Paris in 1953 (written on the back by the artist)
Galerie Ariel, Paris.
Belgian art collector Stéphane Janssen
Galerie Ronny Van de Velde
Guy Pieters Gallery
EXHIBITED
Brussels, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Cobra, 7 November 2008 – 15 February 2009 (illustrated on p. 171).