Formes simetriques de relleu gris (Symmetrical Forms of Grey Relief)
Details
Antoni Tapies (1923-2012)
Formes simetriques de relleu gris (Symmetrical Forms of Grey Relief)
signed 'tapies' (on the overlap)
mixed media on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8in. (65.2 x 81cm.)
Executed in 1960
Formes simetriques de relleu gris (Symmetrical Forms of Grey Relief)
signed 'tapies' (on the overlap)
mixed media on canvas
25 5/8 x 31 7/8in. (65.2 x 81cm.)
Executed in 1960
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York.
Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona.
Muku Gallery, Hiroshima.
Acquired from the above be the present owner in the 1970s.
Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona.
Muku Gallery, Hiroshima.
Acquired from the above be the present owner in the 1970s.
Literature
B. Bonet, Tápies, Barcelona 1964 (illustrated, p. 72).
A. Augusti (ed.), Antoni Tápies: The complete Works Volume 1: 1943-1960, New York 1988, no. 836 (illustrated, p. 438).
A. Augusti (ed.), Antoni Tápies: The complete Works Volume 1: 1943-1960, New York 1988, no. 836 (illustrated, p. 438).
Exhibited
Tokio, Gallery Ueda, Antoni Tápies, 1981, no. 3 (illustrated, unpaged).
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