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)?
Appel, Karel (1921, Amsterdam, Netherlands-2006, Zürich, Switzerland)
Experiment Station. "Sculpture on the Move." Phillips Collection. May 1, 2017. http://blog.phillipscollection.org/2017/05/01/sculpture-move/.
"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.
"DE OLIFANT (THE ELEPHANT)." Phillips Collection. http://www.phillipscollection.org/collection/browse-the-collection?id=2016.001.0006.
University of Maryland. "Famous Sculpture Finds New Home at UMD." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGF9Z7GEJg.