Blanc i buit (White and Vacuum)
Details
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
Blanc i buit (White and Vacuum)
signed 'Tàpies' (on the reverse of the right element)
oil, oilstick and graphite on wood and found window
26 3/8 x 81 1/8 x 2 3/8in. (67 x 206 x 6cm.)
Executed in 1987
Blanc i buit (White and Vacuum)
signed 'Tàpies' (on the reverse of the right element)
oil, oilstick and graphite on wood and found window
26 3/8 x 81 1/8 x 2 3/8in. (67 x 206 x 6cm.)
Executed in 1987
Provenance
Galerie Lelong, Zurich.
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above circa 1988).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above circa 1988).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Agustí, Tàpies, Obra Completa, 1986-1990, vol. 6, Barcelona 2000, no. 5585 (illustrated, p. 209).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Lelong, Tàpies. Peintures, 1988, no. 9 (illustrated in colour, pp. 4-5).
Special Notice
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