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Galanterie
Details
ANTONI TÁPIES (1923-2012)
Galanterie
oil on canvas
43 1/4 x 42 7/8 in. (109.9 x 108.9 cm.)
Painted in 1952
Galanterie
oil on canvas
43 1/4 x 42 7/8 in. (109.9 x 108.9 cm.)
Painted in 1952
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robins Jr., Darien.
Museum of Modern Art, New York (gift from the above, 1960); sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 2012, lot 60.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Museum of Modern Art, New York (gift from the above, 1960); sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 2012, lot 60.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
A. Tàpies, Un Vijaje a la Luna en el Siglo II- Luciano de Samasata, Barcelona, 1954.
A. Agustí, Tàpies: The Complete Works Volume I: 1943-1960, Barcelona, 1990, no. 417 (illustrated, p. 190).
Dau al Set, special issues, spring 1954 (illustrated).
A. Agustí, Tàpies: The Complete Works Volume I: 1943-1960, Barcelona, 1990, no. 417 (illustrated, p. 190).
Dau al Set, special issues, spring 1954 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Barcelona, Galeries Laietanes, Antoni Tàpies, May 1952, no. 9.
Madrid, Primera Bienal Hispano Americana de Arte, October 1951-February 1952, no. 59.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The 1952 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, October-December 1952, no. 270.
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Antoni Tàpies, October 1953, no. 19.
Madrid, Primera Bienal Hispano Americana de Arte, October 1951-February 1952, no. 59.
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The 1952 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, October-December 1952, no. 270.
New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Antoni Tàpies, October 1953, no. 19.
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