Selected bibliography
| Year | Author | Title | Source | Details | Type Sort descending |
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| 1976 | Redeker, Hans | Karel Appel: schilderijen, gouaches, acryls, keramische beelden 1950–1975 | exh. cat. Galerie Nova Spectra, The Hague, 1976 |
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| 1988 | Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1988 |
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| 1998 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Rohsmann, Arnulf | Karel Appel. Thinking Spaces | exh. cat. Kärntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1998 |
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| 2008 | Read, Herbert | Karel Appel: The Sixties | with text by Herbert Read (reprint from 1962), exh. cat. Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2008 |
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| 1951 | Cobra, Revue international de l’art experimental | # 10 (autumn 1951), used as exh. cat. for IIe Exposition |
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| 1985 | Barilli, Renato & Beeren, Wim & Frankenstein, Alfred & Josephus-Jitta, Mariette & Salvi, Sergio | Karel Appel | with texts by Renato Barilli, Wim Beeren (reprint from 1982), Alfred Frankenstein (reprint from 1980), Mariette Josephus-Jitta (reprint from 1982) Sergio Salvi, exh. cat. Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, 1985 |
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| 2021 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Rencontre au Printemps | collection cat. UNESCO, Art Collection, selected works/ UNESCO, Collection d’Art, Sélection d’oeuvres, UNESCO, Paris, 2021, pp. 283-284 |
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| 1976 | Editie “collection d’art” | year 8, # 4 (1976), with introduction by A. M. Hammacher, used as exh. cat. for Collection d'Art, Amsterdam, 1976 | Catalogue | ||
| 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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| 2011 | Hartog Jager, Hans den & Kuspit, Donald | Karel Appel & Van Gogh | with introduction by Rebecca Nelemans, exh. cat. Vincent van Gogh Huis, Zundert, The Netherlands, 2011 |
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| 1998 | Stoullig, Claire | Appel: Natural Phenomenon | exh. cat. Galerie Lelong, Paris, 1998 |
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| 1951 | Internationale d’ Art Experimental | Palais des Beaux-Arts, Liège, Belgium, 1951 |
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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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| 2021 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel. Eternal Space of Being | exh. leaflet Karel Appel. Eternal Space of Being, Galerie Lelong & Co., Paris, 2021 |
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| 1982 | Beeren, Wim | Het Nieuwe Werk van Karel Appel 1979 – 1981 | exh. cat. Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1982 |
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| 2011 | Fineberg, Jonathan | Klee and Cobra – A Child’s Play | with texts by Jonathan Fineberg et al., exh. cat. Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, 2011 |
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| 1998 | Bonito Oliva, Achille | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici, Rome, 1998 |
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| 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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| 2022 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | [Untitled] | exh. cat. Karel Appel. Het nieuwe werk / The New Work, Christian Ouwens Galerie, Rotterdam, 2022 |
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| 1959 | Marinotti, Paolo | Dipingere coi tessuti | exh. cat. Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1959 |
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| 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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| 2011 | Kaiser, Franz-W. & Wijnia, Lieke | Parijs. Stad van de moderne kunst | exh. cat. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, 2011 |
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| 2023 | Kaiser, Franz-W. | Karel Appel: Four Exhibitions | exh. cat. four exhibitions: Paris / New York; Encounter in Spring and what follows; Object Paintings; Late Nudes, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin / London, 2023 |
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| 1959 | Marinotti, Paolo & Michaux, Henri & Sandberg, Willem | Vitalità nell'Arte | exh. cat. Palazzo Grassi, Venice, 1959 & Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, Germany & Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
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| 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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| 1964 | Read, Herbert | Appel | exh. cat. American Art Gallery, Copenhagen |
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| 1959 | Neuburg, Hans | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zürich, 1959 |
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| 1977 | Rodriguez, Antonio | Karel Appel | with text by Antonio Rodriguez and interview by Alan Hanlon and Richard Graburn (reprint from 1972), exh. cat. Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1977 & Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas |
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| 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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| 2012 | Edwards, Jennifer Sudul | Pasadena to Santa Barbara: Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951 – 1969 | with texts by Jennifer Sudul Edwards et al., exh. cat. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2012 |
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| 1953 | Claus, Hugo & Tapié, Michel | Karel Appel | Palais des Beaux-Arts | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1953 |
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| 2004 | Fuchs, Rudi & Lambrecht, Luk | Karel Appel. Onderweg. Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der lage landen | exh. cat. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2004 |
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| 1959 | Tillich, Paul | New images of man | with prefatory note by Peter Selz and text by Paul Tillich, exh. cat. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1959 |
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| 2012 | Bashkoff, Tracey | Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949 - 1960 | with texts by Tracey Bashkoff et al., exh. cat. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2012 |
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| 1953 | Sweeney, James Johnson | Younger European painters | exh. cat. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1953 |
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| 1960 | Looten, Emmanuel | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Galerie Rive Droite, Paris, 1960 |
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| 1965 | Dotremont, Christian & Lucebert & Read, Herbert & Schierbeek, Bert & Ting, Walasse & Vinkenoog, Simon | Appel | with texts by Christian Dotremont, Lucebert (including reprint from 1950), Herbert Read (excerpt from 1957), Bert Schierbeek, Walasse Ting, Simon Vinkenoog, exh. cat. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam & Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1965 & Städtische Kunstgalerie, Bochum, Germany & Charlottenborg, Copenhagen & Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Germany & Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| 1986 | Hunter, Sam | Karel Appel: Recent Paintings | exh. cat. Marisa del Re Gallery, New York, 1986 |
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| 1960 | Sawyer, Kenneth B. | Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches | exh. cat. Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, 1960 |
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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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| 1986 | Beeren, Wim & Hunter, Sam | Recent Paintings and Sculpture; Clouds, Windmill, Nudes and Other Mythologies | with texts by Wim Beeren, Sam Hunter (reworked text from exh. cat. Marisa del Re, 1986), exh. cat. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1986 |
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| 1960 | Neuburg, Hans & Ragon, Michel | Karel Appel | with texts by Hans Neuburg (preprint from 1959), Michel Ragon (reprint from 1958), exh. cat. Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo, Italy, 1960 |
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| 1999 | Hovdenakk, Per & Kvaran, Gunnar B. | Toys from the Attic | exh. cat. Bergen Museum of Art, Norway, 1999 |
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| 1986 | Martin, Rupert & Verdet, André | Karel Appel: paintings 1980-85 | with foreword by Alan Bowness and texts by Rupert Martin, André Verdet (reprint of interview from 1985), exh. cat. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, 1986 & Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
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| 1978 | Wingen, Ed | Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel | with text by Ed Wingen (reprint from 1977), exh. cat. Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1978 & Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn & Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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| 2014 | Gingeras, Alison | Karel Appel | exh. cat. Blum & Poe, New York, 2014 |
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| 1954 | Doelman, Cornelis | Olanda | exh. cat. Biennale di Venezia XXVII, 1954 |
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| 1978 | Dypreau, Jean | Karel Appel. Peintures et sculptures | exh. cat. Fondation Chateau de Jau, Cases-de-Pène, France, 1978 |
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| 1954 | Tapié, Michel | Appel | exh. cat. Studio Paul Fachetti, Paris, 1954 |
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| 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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