Abstract, colorful cat figure with vexed expression against a black and blue background

Sad Cat from the portfolio Cats

Artist Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921 - 2006)

Publisher London Arts, Inc. and Lerum Arts

Date1978

MediumColor lithograph

Dimensionsimage: 22 in x 29 7/8 in; sheet: 24 3/4 in x 32 1/4 in

ClassificationPrint

Credit LineMary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, gift of Bryna and Edward Gamson

Object number2012.2f

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