Flying Fish

Date1977

MediumRelief sculpture (acrylic on wood)

Credit LineGift of Bertram Podell

Dimensions18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm)

Object number1981.002.017

Label TextAppel has explored the representation of intensely felt experience in sculpture as well as in painting. Early in his career he began to make constructions out of discarded materials, the junk encountered in his daily travels around Amsterdam. His assemblages of found objects evolved over the years into reliefs and free-standing works composed of strongly outlined shapes, cut from wooden planks in various sizes, painted in brilliant colors and superimposed upon one another. Flying Fish demonstrates the broad humor that underlies much of Appel's work and tempers the violence of his expression.
Exhibition History19th and 20th Century Art in the Collection, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 20 - September 14, 1985
Karel Appel: Form Becomes Vibration, Michael C. Carlos Museum, March 18 - July 23, 2000

ProvenanceEx coll. Bertram Podell (1925-2005), New York, New York. Ex coll. Emory University Art History Department, received as gift from Podell, 1981. Transferred to Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, ca. 1981.

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