Elephant
subject: Indoor (but formerly outdoor) sculpture
description: Whimsical, brightly colored, "funky" sculpture from the Phillips Collection moved to the University of Maryland on long-term loan. Appel was a founding member of the avant-garde CoBrA group. Will other works from the Phillips Collection be following (see Youtube video)?
creator: Appel, Karel (1921, Amsterdam, Netherlands-2006, Zürich, Switzerland)
source: Experiment Station. "Sculpture on the Move." Phillips Collection. May 1, 2017. http://blog.phillipscollection.org/2017/05/01/sculpture-move/.
source: "Karel Appel: A Gesture of Color." Phillips Collection. Exhibition, June 18-September 18, 2016. http://www.phillipscollection.org/events/2016-06-18-exhibition-karel-appel.
source: "DE OLIFANT (THE ELEPHANT)." Phillips Collection. http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/browse-the-collection?id=2016.001.0006.
source: University of Maryland. "Famous Sculpture Finds New Home at UMD." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGF9Z7GEJg.
date: 1950 (cast 1989)
format: Painted bronze, 104 x 76 x 68 7/8 in.
coverage: POINT(-8565125.5252388 4719829.0048251)|17|-8565158.3692745|4719833.2782821|osm Edward St. John Learning & Teaching Center 4131 Campus Dr. College Park, MD 20742