Karel Appel * (Amsterdam 1921-2006 Zürich) Figure with animal, 1969, signed and dated, acrylic on canvas, 78 x 89, framed Provenance: Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke (certificate of provenance) European Private Collection My paint is like a rocket, which describes its own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I cannot foresee, it is a surprise. Painting, like passion, is an emotion full of truth and rings a living sound, like the roar coming from the lion’s breast. To paint is to destroy what preceded. I never try to make a painting, but a chunk of life. It is a scream; it is a night; it is like a child; it is a tiger behind bars. Karel Appel