Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (Ed.): Karel Appel, Paris, 2017
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Ed.): Karel Appel Retrospectief / Karel Appel Retrospective, The Hague, 2016
The Phillips Collection (Ed.): Karel Appel. A Gesture of Color. Paintings and Sculptures, 1947–2004, Washington, 2016
Emil Schumacher Museum Hagen (Ed.): Karel Appel. Der abstrakte Blick, Hagen, 2016
Galerie Ulysses (Ed.): Karel Appel. Paintings from Six Decades, Vienna, 2016
Blum & Poe (Ed.): The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up. Cobra & Its Legacy, New York, 2015
Centre Pompidou & Staatliche Sammlung München – Pinakothek der Moderne (Eds.): Karel Appel. Works on paper, Munich/Paris, 2015
Blum & Poe (Ed.): Karel Appel, New York, 2014
Museum Jorn (Ed.): Karel Appel. I do not paint, I hit!, Silkeborg, 2013
Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Ed.): Pasadena to Santa Barbara: Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951–1969, Santa Barbara, 2012
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Ed.): Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949–1960, New York, 2012
Vincent van Gogh Huis (Ed.): Karel Appel & Van Gogh, Zundert, 2011
Zentrum Paul Klee (Ed.): Klee and Cobra – A Child’s Play, Bern, 2011
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Ed.): Parijs. Stad van de moderne kunst, The Hague, 2011
Galerie Ulysses (Ed): Karel Appel: Paintings from five decades , Vienna, 2010
Universitaire Pers Leuven (Ed.): Karel Appel, Un geste de couleur / Karel Appel, A Gesture of Colour, Leuven, 2009
Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Ed.): Paris Central. Vrije stad, vrije kunst in de jaren ’50, Amstelveen, 2009
Musée Luxembourg (Ed.): De Miró à Warhol. La collection Berardo à Paris, Paris, 2008
Galerie Ulysses (Ed.): Karel Appel: The Sixties, Vienna, 2008
Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Ed.): Karel Appel. Jazz 1958–1962, Amstelveen, 2008
Galleria Arte 92 (Ed.): Karel Appel: Opere 1990–2002, Milan, 2008
Athaneum-Polak & Van Gennep (Ed.): Karel Appel in Essentie, Amsterdam, 2007
Albertina Museum (Ed.): Karel Appel. Monumentale Aktzeichnungen, Vienna, 2007
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Ed.): The Guggenheim. Die Sammlung, Bonn, 2006
Galerie Ulysses (Ed.): Karel Appel: Last Paintings, Vienna, 2006
Galleria Arte 92 (Ed.): Karel Appel. Opere 1991–2002, Milan, 2005
Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum (Ed.): Karel Appel: Retrospective 1945–2005, Bratislava, 2005
Palais des Beaux-Arts (Ed.): Karel Appel. Onderweg. Reis van Rudi Fuchs langs de kunst der lage landen, Brussels, 2004
Galerie Lelong (Ed.): Karel Appel: Japanese Landscapes, Zurich, 2002
Kunstforum Wien (Ed.): Karel Appel, Vienna, 2002
Galerie Lelong (Ed.): Karel Appel: Sag zum Abschied leise Servus, Paris, 2001
Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Ed.): Karel Appel: Beelden 1936–2000, Amstelveen, 2001
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (Ed.): Karel Appel, Pastorale Chiaroscuro, Amsterdam, 2001
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Ed.): Karel Appel: Werk op papier, The Hague, 2001
Galerie Ulysses (Ed.): Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten, Vienna, 2001
Uitgeverij Contact (Ed.): Karel Appel. De Biografie, Amsterdam, 2000
Galerie Kusseneers (Ed.): Karel Appel, Lier, 2000
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (Ed.): Karel Appel: Recente sculpturen & gedichten, Ghent, 2000
Verlag Gachnang & Springer (Ed.): Karel Appel: Psychopathological Notebook, Bern/Berlin, 1999
Kärntner Landesgalerie (Ed.): Karel Appel. Thinking Spaces, Klagenfurt, 1998
Galerie Lelong (Ed.): Appel: Natural Phenomenon, Paris, 1998
Atelier del Bosco di Villa Medici (Ed.): Karel Appel, Rome, 1998
Verlag Gachnang & Springer (Eds.): Karel Appel, ein Farbgestus, Bern/Berlin, 1998
Galerie Ulysses (Ed.): Karel Appel: Birth of a Landscape, Vienna, 1998
Verlag Gachnang & Springer (Eds.): Karel Appel: Psychopathologisches Notizbuch. Zeichnungen und Gouachen 1948–1950, Bern/Berlin, 1997
Galerie Lelong (Ed.): Karel Appel: Unintended Monuments, Zurich, 1997
Uitgeverij Contact (Ed.): Ode aan het Rood, Amsterdam, 1996
Galerie Lelong (Ed.): Appel. Figures et paysages, Paris, 1996
Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea (Ed.): Karel Appel: Variazioni sul tema, Brescia, 1996
BAWAG Foundation (Ed.): Karel Appel. Gemälde, Gouachen, Zeichnungen 1950–1965, Vienna, 1996
Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Ed.): De taal van Cobra en haar bronnen: uit de museumcollectie Van Stuijvenberg, Amstelveen, 1995
Anderson Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel: Sculpture, Buffalo, 1995
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich & Kunstmuseum Bern (Eds.): Mit dem Auge des Kindes, Munich/Bern, 1995
Galerie Lelong (Ed.): Karel Appel, Toskanischer Horizont, Zurich, 1995
Galerie Ulysses / Kärntner Landesgalerie Klagenfurt / Moderna Galerija Ljubljana (Eds.): Karel Appel: Ich bin die Erde der alles entspringt, Vienna/Klagenfurt/Ljubljana, 1995
H. N. Abrams (Ed.): Karel Appel Sculpture. A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1994
The National Museum of Contemporary Art (Ed.): Karel Appel Retrospective, Seoul, 1994
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts (Ed.): A Retrospective of Karel Appel, Taiwan, 1994
Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía / Kunsthalle Basel / Setagaya Art Museum (Eds.): Parallel Visions. Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Los Angeles/Sofia/Basel/Tokyo, 1992
Marisa del Re Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel: Black & White Paintings, New York, 1991
Lafayette (Ed.): Karel Appel The Complete Sculptures, New York, 1990
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag / Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle / Fundació Juan Miró (Eds.): Ik wou dat Ik een Vogel was (If I were a bird), The Hague/Cologne/Barcelona, 1990
Lafayette (Ed.): Dupe of Being, New York, 1989
The National Museum of Art / The Seibu Museum of Art / Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts / Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art / Hakone Open Air Museum (Eds.): Appel, Osaka/Tokyo/Utsunomiya/Hiroshima/Ninotaira, 1989
Éditions Galilée (Ed.): Karel Appel Peinture 1937-57 / Karel Appel. The Early Years 1937–57, Paris, 1988
Galerie Beyeler (Ed.): Karel Appel, Basel, 1988
Marisa del Re Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel: Portraits from the Titan Series, New York ,1988
Éditions Galilée (Ed.): Karel Appel 40 Ans de Peinture, Sculpture & Dessin, Paris, 1987
Castello di Rivoli (Ed.): Karel Appel Dipinti, Sculpture e Collagi, Turin, 1987
Marisa del Re Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel: Recent Paintings and Sculpture, New York, 1987
De Bezige Bij (Ed.): De kleurige onbekende, Amsterdam, 1986
Marisa del Re Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel: Recent Paintings, New York, 1986
Museum of Art (Ed.): Recent Paintings and Sculpture; Clouds, Windmill, Nudes and Other Mythologies, Fort Lauderdale, 1986
Arnolfini Gallery / Douglas Hyde Gallery (Eds.): Karel Appel: paintings 1980–85, 1986
Abbeville Press (Ed.): Karel Appel, Streetart, Ceramics, Sculpture, Wood Reliefs, Tapestries, Murals, Villa el Salvador, New York, 1985
Éditions Galilée (Ed.): Propos en Liberté de Karel Appel, Paris, 1985
Palazzo Medici Riccardi (Ed.): Karel Appel, Florence, 1985
James Goodman Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel: CoBrA Paintings 1948-1951, New York, 1985
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner (Ed.): Karel Appel: New Yorker Bilder 1984–1985, Cologne, 1985
Palais des Beaux-Arts (Ed.): Karel Appel: Recent werk / oeuvres récentes / 1980–1983, Brussels, 1984
Listasafn (Ed.): Karel Appel, Reykjavik, 1984
Kunstforum (Ed.): Karel Appel, Schelderod,e 1983
Éditions Galilée (Ed.): Océan Blesseé, Paris, 1982
Éditions Galilée (Ed.): Street Art, Le Second Souffle de Karel Appel, Paris, 1982
Éditions Galilée (Ed.): Ecrits sur Karel Appel, Paris 1982
Museum Boymans van Beuningen (Ed.): Het Nieuwe Werk van Karel Appel 1979–1981, Rotterdam, 1982
Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence (Ed.): Appel et Alechinsky. Encres à deux pinceaux, peintures, etc., France, 1982
Gemeente Museum Den Haag / Staatliche Kunsthalle / Städtische Galerie, Erlangen / Fries Museum / Liljevalchs Konsthall / Musee des Augustins / Kunstforeningen / Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (Eds.): Karel Appel: Werk op papier 1941–1981, tekeningen, aquarellen, gouaches, The Hague/Baden-Baden/Erlangen/Leeuwarden/Stockholm/Toulouse/Copenhagen/Oslo, 1982
Museé d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saône / Museé des Beaux-Arts (Eds.): CoBrA, 1948–1951, Paris/Rennes, 1982
Museu de Arte do São Paulo (Ed.): Appel, São Paulo, 1981
Galerie Nova Spectra (Ed.): Karel Appel: tentoonstelling t.g.v. zijn 60-ste verjaardag, The Hague, 1981
Harry N. Abrams / Meulenhoff / Landshoff (Eds.): Karel Appel, Amsterdam, 1980
Abbeville Press (Ed.): Works on Paper, New York, 1980
Art Gallery of York University (Ed.): The Graphic Art of Karel Appel: Art Gallery of Hamilton Collection, Toronto 1979
Saarland Museum / Rheinisches Landesmuseum / Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (Eds.): Dreissig Jahre Karel Appel, Saarbrücken/Bonn/Wilkemshaven, 1978
Fondation Chateau de Jau (Ed.): Karel Appel. Peintures et sculptures, Cases-de-Pène, 1978
Van Spijk (Ed.): Karel Appel, Venlo, 1977
Yves Rivière (Ed.): Éloge de la Folie, Paris, 1977
Van Spijk (Ed.): Het Gezicht van Appel, Venlo 1977
Museo de Arte Moderno / Museo de Bellas Artes (Eds.): Karel Appel, Mexico City/Caracas, 1977
Galerie Nova Spectra (Ed.): Karel Appel: schilderijen, gouaches, acryls, keramische beelden 1950–1975, The Hague, 1976
Wildenstein (Ed.): Appel: Paintings, London, 1975
The Detroit Institute of Arts (Ed.): CoBrA and Contrasts, The Winston-Malbin Collection, Detroit, 1974
Musée d'Art Contemporain (Ed.): Appel's Appels, Montreal, 1972
Triton Pers (Ed.): Karel Appel over Karel Appel, Amsterdam, 1971
Galerie Moderne (Ed.): Karel Appel, Silkeborg, 1971
Centraal Museum (Ed.): Appel’s Oogappels, Utrecht, 1970
Fratelli Fabri Editor (Ed.): Karel Appel, Le Grandi Monografie, Pittori d'Oggi, Milan, 1968
Martha Jackson Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel, New York, 1967
Stedelijk Museum / Palais des Beaux-Arts / Städtische Kunstgalerie / Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen / Moderna Museet (Eds.): Appel, Amsterdam/Bochum/Schaffhausen/Stockholm, 1965
American Art Gallery (Ed.): Appel, Copenhagen, 1964
Harry N. Abrams Publishers (Ed.): The Sculpture of Karel Appel, New York, 1963
A.W. Bruna & Zoon (Ed.): Het verhaal van Karel Appel. Een Proeve van Waarneming, Utrecht, 1963
Gimpel and Hanover Galerie Zürich / Galerie Europe / Gimpel Fils / Martha Jackson Gallery (Eds.): Appel Nudes, Zurich/Paris/London/New York, 1963
La Medusa (Ed.): Karel Appel: Selezione di dipinti dal 1950 al 1961, Rome, 1963
Edizione d’Arte Fratelli Pozzo (Ed.): Le sculture di Karel Appel, Turin, 1962
Galerie der Spiegel (Ed.): Karel Appel, Cologne, 1962
Galerie Rive Droite (Ed.): Karel Appel: Sculptures, Paris, 1962
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Ed.): Karel Appel: West Coast Exhibiton, San Francisco, 1961
Galleria dell 'Ariete (Ed.): K. Appel, Milan, 1961
Galleria Lorenzelli (Ed.): Karel Appel, Bergamo, 1960
Galerie Rive Droite (Ed.): Karel Appel , Paris 1960
Martha Jackson Gallery (Ed.): Karel Appel: Paintings 1955–1960 and Recent Gouaches, New York, 1960
Palazzo Grassi (Ed.): Dipingere coi tessuti, Venice, 1959
Galerie Charles Lienhard (Ed.): Karel Appel, Zurich, 1959
The Museum of Modern Art (Ed.): New images of man, New York, 1959
Galerie Claude Bernard (Ed.): Appel: Gouaches et céramiques, Paris, 1958
Galerie Änne Abels (Ed.): Karel Appel, Cologne, 1958
Martha Jackson Gallery (Ed.): Appel: New paintings, New York, 1957
Institute of Contemporary Art (Ed.): Paintings: Karel Appel, London, 1957
Galerie Stadler (Ed.): Appel, Paris, 1957
Galleria La Tartaruga (Ed.): Appel, Rome, 1957
Galerie Rive Droite (Ed.): Karel Appel: Portraits, Paris, 1956
Galleria dell'Ariete (Ed.): K. Appel: Dipinti e ceramiche, Milan, 1956
Galerie Rive Droite / Stedelijk Museum (Eds.): Karel Appel, Paris/Amsterdam, 1955
Biennale di Venezia XXVII (Ed.): Olanda, Venice, 1954
Studio Paul Fachetti (Ed.): Appel, Paris, 1954
Palais des Beaux-Arts (Ed.): Karel Appel, Brussels, 1953
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Ed.): Younger European painters, New York, 1953
Ejnar Munksgaard (Ed.): Appel, Copenhagen, 1950
Others
Verlag Gachnang & Springer (Eds.): Karel Appel: Der Machtwille der Planeten. Ich bin der Planet. Du bist der Planet. Wir sind die Planeten. Gedichte aus den Jahren 1941-1996, Bern/Berlin, 2000