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Men and Animals
Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921–2006)
1952
Medium/Technique
Oil on burlap
Dimensions
80.33 x 100.01 cm (31 5/8 x 39 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Eva Louise Merrill
Accession Number1997.134
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Appel was a founding member of CoBrA, a short-lived post-War association of painters, writers, and poets, whose name is an acronym for Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam, the capital cities of the founders' countries. Emphasizing spontaneity and directness, some members, such as Appel, based their work on children's drawings and folk art, and the art of Paul Klee, often in bold colors.
ProvenanceJaap Allen Vandenbergh (b. 1908 – d. 1958), Andover, MA; 1958, by inheritance to his widow, Eva Louise Vandenbergh (later Mrs. Ezra Merrill) (b. 1922 – d. 1997), Boston; 1997, bequest of Eva Louise Merrill to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 1997)
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