Danse d'espace avant la tempête (Dance in Space before the Storm)

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This painting was made shortly after Appel had seen the work of the abstract expressionist artist (and fellow Dutchman) Willem de Kooning, while on a

National Galleries of Scotland: Modern

Title

Danse d'espace avant la tempête (Dance in Space before the Storm)

Date

1959

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 129.5 x W 161.9 cm

Accession number

GMA 815

Acquisition method

purchased, 1962

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated bottom left: Appel '59 Inscribed and entitled: Gimpel DANSE d'espace avant la tempette on strectcher in chalk, and inscribed, signed and dated: Gimpel Londre Appel 1959 on cross strut in chalk. Also insrcibed: 160/Fique and NATIONAL Gallery SCOTLAND on stretcher. Inscribed 8 EW on reverse in paint

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