“The Cobra bird”, 1950

Patinated bronze sculpture
Signed and dated: K. Appel 1950 H. C.

Edition of 6 plus 2 HC which this is one of the two

Provenance
Collection Karel van Stuijvenberg, Caracas, Venezuela

Literature
Karel Appel, The Complete Sculptures 1936-1990, p. 242; Exhibition catalogue, El movimiento Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela, 1984, cat. n° 23 ill. pp. 44-45; Exhibition catalogue, Cobra Liège 93, Coll. Karel P. van Stuijvenberg, Musée d’Art Moderne, Liège, Belgique, 1993, ill. p. 67

Exhibitions
Cobra en la colección Karel van Stuijvenberg, 1984, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Venezuela; Cobra, 9 avril-31 mai 1993, Musée d’Art Moderne, Liège, Belgique