Lot 307
  • 307

Antoni Tàpies

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Antoni Tàpies
  • Blue Waves
  • signed
  • acrylic and pencil on paper, laid on wood
  • 64.8 by 88.9cm.; 25 1/2 by 35in.
  • Executed in 1971.

Provenance

Galeria Oriol, Barcelona
Private Collection, Sweden
Sotheby's, London, Post-War and Contemporary Art, 15 October 1992, Lot 343
Private Collection, Palm Beach
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Anna Agusti, Tàpies: The Complete Works, Vol. III, 1969-1975, Barcelona 1992, p. 198, no. 2332, 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 condition. The edges of the sheet are slightly irregular and there is minor bumping to some of the extreme corner tips. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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