Auction announcements
27th October 2014
Lot 115: The other signed and dated lithograph is by hand of the artist Nicola Simbari.

Lithograph on Arches wove paper (watermark)
France/Spain, 1975
Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) – Spanish painter, graphic artist and sculptor
Signed lower right in pencil ‘tàpies’
With the blindstamp of Erker-Presse St. Gallen
Werkverzeichnis: Galfetti 1133
Image dimensions: 37.1 x 47.8 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 Art Informel; the auction record for a lithograph by Antoni Tàpies is set at more than €11,000
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Series of numbers and letters like characters on a basic structure in line are the design elements of this typical composition by the artist, which was printed in 1987 by Erker Presse in St. Gallen in an edition of 60 copies.

The lithograph is signed lower right in pencil ‘tàpies’. The sheet is in good condition. The image measures 37.1 x 47.8 cm, the sheet 106 x 75.5 cm.

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, adding 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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