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Antoni Tàpies, Color Lithograph, ‘Grand M avec taches’, 1980

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:800.00 EUR Estimated At:1,280.00 - 1,600.00 EUR
Antoni Tàpies, Color Lithograph, ‘Grand M avec taches’, 1980
Lithograph in colors on wove paper
French/Spain, 1980
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) – Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Signed lower right in pencil ‘tàpies’
Inscribed lower left in pencil ‘H.C.’
With the blindstamp of Erker-Presse St. Gallen
Catalog raisonné: Galfetti 736
Image dimensions: 64.3 x 87.2 cm
Good condition
Antoni Tàpies is considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and as the best-known representatives of the Spanish Art Informel; lithographs in colors by the artist fetch up to 13,800 euro at international auctions
Object is regular taxed. Differential taxation is not possible.

A large black ‘M’, applied in vigorous brushstrokes onto the lithographic stone occupies almost the whole brown primed image area of this lithograph and dominates the composition. Letters, words and calligraphic characters are typical elements of the visual language of the artist. The present sheet is one of 22 H.C. copies aside from the edition.

The lithograph is signed lower right in pencil ‘tàpies’, and inscribed lower left in pencil ‘H.C.’. The sheet bears creases in the upper left and right corner as well as a small dent in the upper edge. It is overall in good condition. The image measures 64.3 x 87.2 cm, the sheet 72.8 x 94 cm.



Antoni Tapiès (1923-2012)

Antoni Tapiès is one of the main representatives of Spanish Art Informel. In the style of the ‘pintura matèrica’ movement, he mixed materials like sand, cement, marble dust and glue in his paintings, adding letters, symbols and crosses. He taught himself to draw and paint while still at school. Tapiès attended law school for three years, and then studied painting at the Acadèmia Valls in Barcelona. He was among the founders of the art group ‘Dau al Set’, a movement with links to the surrealist and Dadaist artists. His interest for philosophy led him to read existentialist literature. Tapiès’s works are represented in international museums and were shown at the Venice Biennale and documenta in Kassel. In 1884, Tapiès founded the Fundació Antoni Tàpies in Barcelona, where he lived and worked until his death in 2012. In 2010, he was honored with the title ‘Marqués’ by the Spanish king Juan Carlos I. (fea)
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