Lithograph in colors on wove paper
Germany/Spain, 1966
Antoni Tàpies i Puig (1923-2012) – Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Signed lower right in pencil ‘tàpies’
Numbered lower left in pencil ‘76/90’
Published in the edition ‘Das Kunstwerk’, Baden Baden
Catalog raisonné: Galfetti 138
Image dimensions: 25.6 x 20.8 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 Informel; the auction record for a lithograph by Antoni Tàpies is set at more than €14,000

These small-scale lithograph by the Spanish artist was issued in 1966 in the edition ‘Das Kunstwerk’ in a run of 90 copies. The cross shape that appears again and again as an important image element in the later work by the artist is also to see in this print. As a central element it determines clearly the whole composition.

The lithograph is signed lower right in pencil ‘tàpies’ and numbered lower left in pencil ‘76/90’. The sheet is in good condition with minor creases in the corners. The image measures 25.6 x 20.8 cm, the sheet 27 x 21.1 cm (differing from the catalog raisonné, but there presumably a literal mistake).

Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012)

Antoni Tàpies 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, added letters, symbols and crosses. He taught himself to draw and paint while still at school. Tàpies 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. Tàpies’s works are represented in international museums and were shown at the Venice Biennale and documenta in Kassel. In 1884, Tàpies 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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