SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
This profile brings together identity references for Karel Appel and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
30 references are documented at Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Dobiaschofsky, Kornfeld, Schuler, Germann, Lempertz, Zofingen. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Coloured chalk on paper
Portrait
Farbkreide auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2025-03-19
Published result : 2600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–4000
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Ink and watercolour on paper
Untitled
Tusche und Aquarell auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2024-11-30
Published result : 2400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Gouache
Portrait
gouache
Catalogue period : 2024-03-20
Published result : 2800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Gouache
Portrait
gouache
Catalogue period : 2023-12-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Kat
oil on canvas
Catalogue period : 2023-06-16
Published result : 150000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 100000
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2023-06-06
Published result : 31500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 25000
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Gouache
Untitled (Design for Fabric).
gouache
Catalogue period : 2023-05-12
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3600
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2022-12-03
Published result : 37800 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 18000
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Acryl auf Papier auf Holz
Ohne Titel
Acryl auf Papier auf Holz
Auction date : 2022-06-02
Published result : 31500 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 12000
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Oil on canvas
Nue
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2022-06-01
Published result : 189000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 150000
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2021-06-18
Published result : 25000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 15000
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Oil on canvas
Nue
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-12-08
Published result : 225000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 180000
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Oil on canvas
Red Bush Man
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-12-08
Published result : 40000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 30000
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Ink on paper
Ohne Titel.
Tusche auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2020-11-06
Published result : 4000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-06-18
Published result : 281250 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 80000
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel (Personnage)
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-06-18
Published result : 75000 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 50000
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Oil on canvas
Ohne Titel
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2020-06-18
Published result : 33750 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 15000
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Oil on paper
Ohne Titel, 1982
Öl auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-19
Published result : 5105 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Gouache
Ohne Titel
gouache
Auction date : 2018-12-01
Published result : 9920 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Oil on canvas
Komposition
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2014-12-12
Published result : 13000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Oil on canvas
Vluchtende Hoofden
oil on canvas
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mixed media on paper
Face no. 2, 1995
Mischtechnik auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mischtechnik und Collage auf Papier auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Felt-tip pen drawing
Porträt, 1964
Filzstift-Zeichnung.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Watercolour
Flying Over Me, 1972
Aquarell.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Gouache.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Mixed media on paper
Ohne Titel, 1958
Mischtechnik auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Oil on canvas
Personnage, 1991
Öl auf Leinwand.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Öl auf Papier, auf Leinwand montiert.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Farbige Wachskreide, Gouache und Collage auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
