Lot 272
  • 272

Antoni Tàpies

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Antoni Tàpies
  • Ocre Verdoso y Gris Sobre Negro
  • signed

  • oil on paper

  • 46 by 66cm.; 18 by 26in.
  • Executed in 1965-1966.

Provenance

Galerie Burén, Stockholm
Galleri 69, Gottemburg
Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

 

Exhibited

Stockholm, Galerie Burén, Antoni Tàpies, 1966, no. 25, illustrated
Gottheburg, Galleri 69, 1975, no. 230, illustrated

Literature

Anna Agusti, Tàpies, The Complete Works, Vol. II, 1961-1968, Barcelona 1990, p. 306, no. 1546, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is a light rub mark to the bottom edge towards the left hand corner. There is a further rub mark in the top left hand quadrant. There is a small patch of paper skinning to the centre of the extreme left edge, and a minute pinhead sized paper loss above. There is slight canvas draw to the top right corner.
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