Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)

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Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
Llibre blanc
incised with the artist's initials 'AT' (lower left); signed again 'tàpies' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on panel
32 x 39 3/8 in. (81.3 x 100 cm.)
Executed in 1985.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zürich
Wenger Gallery, La Jolla, California
Private collection, San Diego
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986

Literature

L. Permanyer, Tàpies and the New Culture, Barcelona, 1986, p. 204, no. 83 (illustrated).
M. Peppiatt, "Artist's Dialogue: Antoni Tàpies," Architectural Digest, August 1987, p. 40 (illustrated).
A. Agusti, ed., Tàpies: Obra Completa. Volum 5è, 1982-1985, Barcelona, 1998, p. 396, no. 5113 (illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, Galerie Maeght Lelong, Tàpies, May-June 1986, p. 15 (illustrated).

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“[The Abstract Expressionists] were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought.” - Antoni Tàpies

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