Lot 116
  • 116

Antoni Tàpies

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Antoni Tàpies
  • A Retallada (Cut-out A)
  • signed; titled on the reverse
  • spray paint, graphite, oilstick and acrylic on paper collage
  • 19 3/4 by 28 in. 50.2 by 71.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1982.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Zurich
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1983

Exhibited

Zurich, Galerie Maeght, Tàpies. Papiers, April - May 1983, cat. no. 49

Literature

Lluís Permanyer, Tàpies i la nova cultura, Barcelona, 1986, pl. 39, illustrated in color
Anna Agustí, ed., Tàpies: Obra Completa, Volum 5è. 1982-1985, Barcelona, 1998, cat. no. 4386, p. 127, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. All of the collaged elements are well intact. The collaged sheets are hinged on the reverse to the backing board. There is time staining noted to both sheets. The top and bottom edges of the top sheet are deckled. There is a soft horizontal crease running the length of the back sheet, likely inherent and due to the artist's choice of media. The right edge of the back sheet is irregularly torn, also inherent. Framed under glass.
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