ID 1380165
Lot 102 | ANTONI TÀPIES (1923-2012)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
Society Notes (Notes de societat)
signed, dated and inscribed ‘Tàpies. 1951. Notes’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 5/8 x 39 3/8 in. (65 x 100 cm.)
Painted in 1951
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Private collection, Barcelona, by whom acquired from the above circa 2012 and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
A. Cirici, Tàpies: Witness of Silence, Barcelona, 1972, no. 89, pp. 142 & 359 (illustrated p. 142; titled ‘Social and personal’ and with incorrect dimensions).
A. Agustí, Tàpies: The Complete Works, vol. 1, 1943-1960, New York, 1988, no. 359, pp. 162 & 529 (illustrated p. 162; with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
Barcelona, Galeries Layetanas, Exposición Tàpies, May 1952, no. 11.
Chicago, Marshall Field & Company Art Gallery, Antoni Tàpies, 1953, no. 7.
Barcelona, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Dau al Set, October 1999 - January 2000, pp. 37 & 129 (illustrated p. 37).
| Artist: | Antoni Tàpies (1923 - 2012) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Antoni Tàpies (1923 - 2012) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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