Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Clown Visage Paysage (from the Circus suite), 1978
Woodcut / linocut
Rago Auctions · Oct 14, 2026$1,792 ≈ £1,351 ≈ €1,601Sign up free to see price
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Le Philisophe
Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921–2006) · 1977
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$960 price realized incl. premium
≈ £715≈ €820
Hammer $750 · with buyer’s premium $960
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- Medium
- Woodcut / linocut · Prints & multiples all woodcut / linocut results →As published: “Woodcut and carborundum in colors on wove paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Edition
- 94/100
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed in pencil · Karel Appel signature
- Category
- Woodcuts
- Dimensions
- sheet 25 3/4 x 19 5/8in (65.4 x 49.8cm)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Prints & Photographs Online (31922)
- Date
- January 22, 2026
- Location
- Marlborough, United States
- Lot
- 7
- Estimate
- $600 – $800 (≈ £447 – £596) (≈ €513 – €683)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 29, 2026
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