Live Auction 7835Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Christie’s roundel
Lot 228

ANTONI TàPIES (B. 1923)

OVAL GRIS

Closed12 February 2010

Price Realised

GBP 49,250

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ANTONI TàPIES (B. 1923)
OVAL GRIS
SIGNED 'TàPIES' (LOWER RIGHT); SIGNED, TITLED AND DATED 'OVAL GRIS 1987 TàPIES' (ON THE REVERSE)
OIL ON PAPER LAID DOWN ON CANVAS
30¼ X 41¾IN. (76.5 X 106CM.)
EXECUTED IN 1987

GALERIE KLOPFER, ZURICH.
GALERIE IM ERKER, ST. GALLEN.
GALLERIA TEGA, MILAN.
ACQUIRED FROM THE ABOVE BY THE PRESENT OWNER.

Specialist note

THE PRESENT WORK WAS EXECUTED AS A MAQUETTE FOR THE TàPIES LITHOGRAPH WHICH BEARS THE SAME TITLE AND WHICH IS DOCUMENTED IN HOMS' FOURTH VOLUME OF THE CATALOGUE RAISONNé OF THE ARTIST'S GRAPHIC WORKS.