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ANTONI TÀPIES | Peu i Terra
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description
- Antoni Tàpies
- Peu i Terra
- signed on the reverse
- mixed media on board
- 66 by 81.5 cm. 26 by 32 in.
- Executed in 1990.
Provenance
Galerie Lelong, Paris/Zurich
Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Galeria Marc Calzada, Barcelona
Galeria David Cervelló, Barcelona
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Galería Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid
Galeria Marc Calzada, Barcelona
Galeria David Cervelló, Barcelona
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Galerie Lelong, Tàpies, April - May 1991, n.p., no. 3, illustrated in colour
Zurich, Galerie Lelong, Tàpies: Peintures récentes, June - July 1991, no. 16
Zurich, Galerie Lelong, Tàpies: Peintures récentes, June - July 1991, no. 16
Literature
Anna Agusti, Tàpies: Obra Completa, Volum 6è. 1986-1990, Barcelona 2000, p. 449, no. 6098, illustrated
Condition
Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly lighter and brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. All surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's working process. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“I was searching for images which would be impossible to describe either as amorphous or precise, full or empty, in which one cannot tell where the bodies begin and the space ends. It seemed to be the will to show more than ever the trap of reason, the ‘net’ of the world… And I put all this into practice not with the simplifications of the classical ‘abstracts’, but rather with techniques which were more experimental and more unusual, which had been touched upon only by some of the masters of the surrealist period” (Antoni Tàpies, Memoria Personal, Barcelona 1977, pp. 297-98).