Acquired by Willem Sandberg for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1964

Maastricht, Stichting Cultureel Centrum in Dominicanenkerk, Het Museum in de Fabriek, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1968
Venlo, Cultureel Centrum Venlo, Karel Appel, 1969
Eindhoven, Bijenkorf (& travellling), Kunst over de Drempel, 1985
Amsterdam, Bijenkorf, Het Kleurencircus van Karel Appel, 1988
Arsac en Médoc, Château d'Arsac (& travelling), Aventure dans l'Art, Collection Peter Stuyvesant, 1989
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Art Works: International Modern Art in the Industrial Working Environment, an Experiment over more than Thirty Years Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, 1991-1992
Zug, Huberte Goote Gallery, The Peter Stuyvesant Collection, 1992-1993

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly warmer in the original work. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are stable craquelure scattered in places throughout the surface, most notably to the left flank of the composition and beneath the top edge. There are two small circular patterns of impact craqulure in the lower composition. Close inspection reveals some impasto peaks are missing and several isolated spots of paint lifting and small paint losses. Some retouches only along the extreme four edges, only visible under ultraviolet light.
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This work is registered in the Archive of the Karel Appel Foundation