Selected bibliography
Year | Author | Title | Source Sort ascending | Details | Type |
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1988 | Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1988 |
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2001 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Beelden 1936–2000 | with text by Franz-W. Kaiser (excerpt from 1998), exh. cat. Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
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1954 | Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel: First American Exhibition | with text by Michel Tapié (reprint from exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, 1954), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1954 |
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2013 | Stokvis, Willemijn | Karel Appel. I do not paint, I hit! | exh. cat. Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark, 2013 |
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1985 | Pincus-Witten, Robert | Karel Appel: CoBrA Paintings 1948-1951 | exh. cat. James Goodman Gallery, New York, 1985 |
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1961 | Lucebert | Karel Appel | with text by Lucebert (first publication of text from 1950 and excerpt of poem from 1960), exh. cat. Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands & Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 1961 | Catalogue | |
1978 | Appel & Alechinsky. Encres a deux pinceaux | with foreword by Christian Dotremont and poems by Hugo Claus, Yves Rivière, Paris, 1978. Co-published as Zwart, Landshoff, Bentveld-Aerdenhout, 1978 and as Appel & Alechinsky. Two-brush paintings, Yves Rivière, Paris, 1980 | Miscellanious | ||
1982 | Berger, Peter & Vinkenoog, Simon & Vrijman, Jan | Ecrits sur Karel Appel | Esteban, Claude & Delorme, Michel (ed.), with texts by Peter Berger (reprint from 1977), Simon Vinkenoog (reprint from 1963), Jan Vrijman (reprint from 1962), Éditions Galilée, Paris, 1982 |
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1988 | Appel, Karel & Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Portraits from the Titan Series | with texts by Karel Appel, Sam Hunter et al., exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1988 |
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2001 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes | Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro | with texts by Rudi Fuchs (reworked text from 1995), Johannes Gachnang and letter by Jean Frémon, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2001 |
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1967 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel | with text by Willem Sandberg (excerpt from 1961), exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1967 |
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2013 | Lehmann-Brockhaus, Ursula | Karel Appel | Incontro internazionale della ceramica, Albisola, Sommer 1954. Appel, Baj, Corneille, Dangelo, Jorn, Matta in der Werkstatt Mazzotti Giuseppe, Campisano Editore, Rome, 2013, pp. 21-45; 171-180 | Article | |
1985 | Meijer, Ischa & Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Karel Appel: New Yorker Bilder 1984–1985 | with texts by Ischa Meijer (excerpt of interview from 1984) and Frédéric de Towarnicki (excerpt of interview from 1977), exh. cat. Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, 1985 |
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1997 | Fuchs, Rudi & Gachnang, Johannes & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel: Psychopathologisches Notizbuch. Zeichnungen und Gouachen 1948-1950 | Verlag Gachnang & Springer, Bern/Berlin, 1997. Co-published as Karel Appel: Art psychopathologique. Carnet 1948-1950. Dessins et gouaches, Editions Ides et Calendes, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1997 |
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1961 | Sandberg, Willem | Karel Appel: West Coast Exhibiton | exh. cat. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961 |
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1978 | Fuchs, Rudi | Dutch Painting | Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1978, pp. 193, 195 | Miscellanious | |
1982 | Beeren, Wim | Het Nieuwe Werk van Karel Appel 1979 – 1981 | exh. cat. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1982 |
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2001 | Hofland, H. J. A. & Josephus-Jitta, Mariette & Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Werk op papier | with foreword by Wim van Krimpen and texts by H. J. A. Hofland, Mariette Josephus-Jitta (reworked text from 1982), Franz-W. Kaiser, exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 2001 |
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1967 | Dotremont, Christian | Lettre à Karel Appel, le 10 mars, 1967 | 1967 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
2014 | Gingeras, Alison | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Blum & Poe, New York, 2014 |
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1997 | Appel, Karel & McCormick, Carlo | Karel Appel: Unintended Monuments | with texts by Karel Appel and Carlo McCormick (reprint from 1990), exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Zürich, 1997 |
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2007 | Hartog Jager, Hans den | Karel Appel in Essentie | Athaneum-Polak & Van Gennep, Amsterdam, 2007 | Monograph | |
1961 | Boudaille, George | K. Appel | with text by George Boudaille (reprint from Cimaise, 1961), exh. cat. Galleria dell 'Ariete, Milan, 1961 |
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1979 | The Graphic Art of Karel Appel: Art Gallery of Hamilton Collection | with introduction by Glen E. Cumming, exh. cat. Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Ontario, 1979 | Catalogue | ||
1982 | Esteban, Claude | Appel et Alechinsky. Encres à deux pinceaux, peintures, etc. | with explanation by Pierre Alechinsky, foreword by Christian Dotremont (reprint from 1978), exh. cat. Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, 1982 |
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1994 | Miller, Richard | Christian Karel Appel | Cobra, Nouvelles Editions Francaises, Paris, 1994, pp. 134-136 | Article | |
2001 | Steininger, Florian | Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten | exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2001 |
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1955 | Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | with poems by Emmanuel Looten, Hugo Claus, exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1955 |
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1968 | Bellew, Peter | Karel Appel, Le Grandi Monografie, Pittori d'Oggi | Fratelli Fabri Editori, Milan, 1968 | Monograph | |
2015 | Gingeras, Alison & Godet, Marie & Laugharn, Fiona | The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up. Cobra & Its Legacy | exh. cat. Blum & Poe, New York, 2015 |
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1985 | Flomenhaft, Eleanor | Karel Appel | The Roots and Developments of Cobra Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, 1985, pp. 73-91 | Article | |
1997 | Fuchs, Rudi | L’antica storia dell’arte moderna | Art of the 20th Century. Flemish and Dutch Painting, Rizzoli, New York, 1997 | Article | |
2007 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Appels Akte | exh. cat. Karel Appel. Monumentale Zeichnungen, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2007, with foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder; translated from German to English by Andrew Boreham, September 2021 as “Appel’s Nudes” |
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1979 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Street Art, chapter 1 & 2 | (interview), 1979 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
1982 | Josephus-Jitta, Mariette | Karel Appel: Werk op papier 1941 – 1981, tekeningen, aquarellen, gouaches | with text by Mariette Josephus-Jitta, exh. cat. Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Hague, 1982 & Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany & Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, Germany & Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands & Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm & Musee des Augustins, Toulouse & Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen & Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo |
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1994 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | A Description of an Artistic Position | (speech at Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan), September 18, 1994 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
1968 | Alvard, Julien & Claus, Hugo & Dotremont, Christian & Looten, Emmanuel & Lupasco, Stéphane & Read, Herbert & Sandberg, Willem & Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel Reliefs 1966-1968 | with texts by Julien Alvard, Hugo Claus (reprint from 1965), Christian Dotremont (reprint from 1957), Emmanuel Looten (reprint from 1956), Stéphane Lupasco (reprint from 1961), Herbert Read (reprint from 1957), Willem Sandberg (reprint from 1962), Michel Tapié (reprint from 1953), exh. cat. Centre National d'Art Contemporain Paris, 1968 & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam & Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
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2015 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Lemonnier, Anne & Strobl, Andreas | Karel Appel. Works on paper | with introduction by Jonas Storsve, exh. cat. Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2015 & Staatliche Sammlung München – Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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1979 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | On painting | (interview), 1979 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
1982 | Béraud, Gilles & Besson, Christian & Dotremont, Christian & Lecombre, Sylvain | CoBrA, 1948-1951 | exh. cat. Museé d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris & Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, France & Museé des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France |
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1995 | Karel Appel: Sculpture | with introduction by David Anderson and Reine Hauser, exh. cat. Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, 1995 | Catalogue | ||
1956 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel: Portraits | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1956 |
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1956 | Doelman, Cornelis & Sandberg, Willem | K. Appel: Dipinti e ceramiche | with texts by Cornelis Doelman (excerpt from 1954), Willem Sandberg, exh. cat. Galleria dell'Ariete, Milan, 1956 |
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1986 | Dotremont, Christian | De kleurige onbekende | with poems by Karel Appel and text by Christian Dotremont (excerpt of letter from 1967), De Bezige Bij, Amsterdam, 1986 |
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1997 | Daix, Pierre | Karel Appel. L'Art psychopathologique | Les Arts et les Gens (radio broadcast for France Culture, Paris), September 1, 1997 | Miscellanious | |
2007 | Jacobs, Katrien | Het postverkeer tussen Machelen-aan-de-Leie en… | Hugo Claus, Roger Raveel. Brieven 1947-1962, Ludion, Antwerpen, 2007, pp. 7-30 | Article | |
1979 | Towarnicki, Frédéric de | Aux Etats-Unis 1977-79 | (interview), 1979 (unpublished) | Miscellanious | |
1995 | Fineberg, Jonathan | Mit dem Auge des Kindes | exh. cat. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich & Kunstmuseum, Bern, 1995. Co-published as The Innocent Eye, Princeton University Press, 1997 |
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2001 | Stokvis, Willemijn | COBRA. De weg naar spontaniteit | COBRA. De weg naar spontaniteit, V + K Publishing, Blaricum, 2001 | Miscellanious | |
1986 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1986 |
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