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Beginning of Spring

Object Details

Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London, to 10 March 1965
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 10 March 1965-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
FRIST CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS, Nashville. "Paint Made Flesh," 23 January-10 May 2009, ill. p. 74. TOUR: PHILLIPS COLLECTION, Washington, DC, 20 June-13 September; MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Rochester, New York, 23 October-3 January 2010.
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Artist
Karel Appel, Dutch, b. Amsterdam, 1921–2006
Date
1963
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Medium
Oil on linen
Dimensions
51 x 38 1/4 in. (129.8 x 97 cm)
Type
Painting

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