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Object Details

Artist

Karel Appel, Dutch, b. Amsterdam, 1921–2006

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London, to 10 March 1965

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 10 March 1965-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

FRIST CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, Nashville. "Paint Made Flesh," 23 January-10 May 2009, ill. p. 74. TOUR: PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 20 June-13 September; MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Rochester, New York, 23 October-3 January 2010.

Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

1963

Accession Number

66.67

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on linen

Dimensions

51 x 38 1/4 in. (129.8 x 97 cm)

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School

Postwar European

Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py212dac821-1840-47cd-b325-e7b98b13a4e0

Record ID

hmsg_66.67