Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
Tracos sobre ochre (Lines on Ochre)
signed and dated 'tàpies-1959' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 7/8in. (60 x 73.5cm.)
Executed in 1959
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
Tracos sobre ochre (Lines on Ochre)
signed and dated 'tàpies-1959' (on the reverse)
oil and sand on canvas
23 5/8 x 28 7/8in. (60 x 73.5cm.)
Executed in 1959
Private Collection, Germany (acquired directly from the artist in the early 1960s and thence by descent to the present owner).
J. E. Cirlot, Tàpies, Barcelona 1960, no. 52 (illustrated, p. 85).
A. Franzke, Antoni Tàpies: Werk und Zeit, Stuttgart 1979, no. 94 (illustrated, p. 98).
A. Agustí, Tàpies: The Complete Works, 1943-1960, vol. I, Barcelona 1989, no. 722 (illustrated, p. 376).
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