ANTONI TÀPIES | Esgrafiat i espiral

PaceWildenstein, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 2003

New York, PaceWildenstein, Antoni Tàpies at 80, February - March 2003, p. 35(c), illustrated in color

Anna Agusti, Nuria Enguita Mayo and Miquel Tàpies, Eds., Tàpies: Obra Completa Volum 8e. 1998 - 2004, Barcelona 2005, cat. no. 7611, p. 306, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. The surface texture irregularities are consistent with the artist's choice of medium and working method. Only visible under very close inspection, there is evidence of very minor wear and handling to the corners and turning edges with a few, pinpoint, unobtrusive losses to the turning edges and corners. Unframed.
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“No contemporary artist has succeeded in infusing anorganic matter with such life and lending it such irresistible evocative force as has Antoni Tàpies over the past decades. His pictures, recalling hermetically sealed sections of wall, possess a concreteness and immediacy that challenge the viewer to experience their sheer tactile presence and their gestural markings as components of a creative process based on a seemingly inexhaustible evolution form. ” Andreas Franzke, Ed., Tàpies, Spain 1992, p. 7