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Beach Life

Object Details

Provenance
Jh Purchased From Gimpel Fils, London 1959
Exhibition History
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART, California. "Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951-1969," 11 February-6 May 2012.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Manifesto: Art x Agency," 15 June 2019-31 January 2020.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Karel Appel, Dutch, b. Amsterdam, 1921–2006
Date
1958
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
63 3/8 x 51 1/8 in. (161.0 x 130.0 cm)
Type
Painting

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