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Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)
Lot 211

Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)

Llibre blanc

Closed27 September 2019

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USD 100,000

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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.

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

Specialist note

“[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