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Dutch · 1921–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 453 of 676 lots (67% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Karel Appel: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s21$35.9kSign upGouache
1950s3931$14.1kSign upGouache
1960s9683$903Sign upLithograph
1970s259220$826Sign upLithograph
1980s2925$21.5kSign upOil
1990s144$29.4kSign upOil
2000s90—Lithograph

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1940s 2 works

Sold
1 of 2
Median
$35.9kSign up
Average
$35.9kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 15 in (52 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (2)
Subjects
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1950s 39 works

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31 of 39
Median
$14.1kSign up
Average
$50kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 24 in (50 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (10), Oil (9), Lithograph (9)
Subjects
Abstract (2)
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…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 96 works

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83 of 96
Median
$903Sign up
Average
$18.8kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 24.5 in (55 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (49), Oil (10), Acrylic (9)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (10), Birds (3), Abstract (3)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 72 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 259 works

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220 of 259
Median
$826Sign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 29.5 in (57 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (104), Screenprint (46), Oil (24)
Subjects
Birds (19), Figures & portraits (18), Abstract (7)
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…and 235 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 29 works

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25 of 29
Median
$21.5kSign up
Average
$36.8kSign up
Typical size
26 × 23.5 in (66 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Oil (11), Acrylic (10), Lithograph (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Cattle & animals (1), Landscapes (1)
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…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 14 works

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4 of 14
Median
$29.4kSign up
Average
$27.1kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 26 in (58 × 66 cm)
Mediums
Oil (10), Acrylic (2), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
Show 2 more (1990s)

2000s 9 works

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0 of 9
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
28 × 24 in (71 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4), Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

223 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 1990s 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
20 × 26.5 in (51 × 67 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

Undated, sold in the 2000s 31 works

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29 of 31
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$15.4kSign up
Typical size
20 × 19.5 in (51 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (9), Oil (6), Mixed media (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
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…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 42 works

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31 of 42
Median
$748Sign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 22.5 in (54 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (19), Screenprint (7), Other (7)
Subjects
Abstract (4), Figures & portraits (2), Birds (1)
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…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 149 works

Sold
73 of 149
Median
$511Sign up
Average
$4.4kSign up
Typical size
24 × 25 in (61 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (89), Screenprint (18), Other (16)
Subjects
Abstract (10), Figures & portraits (7), Sunsets & night (3)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 137 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Karel Appel auction results →