Lot 132
  • 132

Antoni Tàpies

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
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Description

  • Antoni Tàpies
  • Matèria trencada negra i vermella
  • signed on the reverse
  • mixed media on canvas
  • 65 x 100 cm; 25 9/16 x 39 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 1971.

Provenance

Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ravagnon, Venice
Galerie Hopkins, Paris
Acquired from the above by the current owner in 2010

Exhibited

Locarno, Casa Rusca, Antoni Tàpies, 6 September - 20 December 1998
Milan, Galleria Blu, Apollo e Dioniso, 2006

Literature

Anna Agustí, Tàpies, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 3, 1969-1975, Paris, 1992, p. 221, no. 2384, illustrated

Condition

The overall tonality is more subdued on the original work. Under Ultra Violet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. This work is in very good condition.
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