Lot 193
  • 193

ANTONI TÀPIES | Forma Blanquinosa

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Antoni Tàpies
  • Forma Blanquinosa
  • signed
  • mixed media on paper
  • 26 by 47 cm. 10 1/4 by 18 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1981.

Provenance

Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1982 

Exhibited

Barcelona, Galeria Joan Prats, Antoni Tàpies, June 1982, no. 19

Literature

Anna Agusti, Tàpies: Obra Completa, Volumen 4. 1976-1981, Barcelona 1995, p. 410, no. 4104, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background has pinker undertones in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. The sheet is float mounted in its frame. The top edge is deckled. There is some slight undulation to the sheet. All surface irregularities are a result of the artist's working process. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra violet light.
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