Antoni Tàpies *
(Barcelona 1923–2012)
Orelles (Ears), 1997, signed on the reverse Tàpies, mixed media (sand, paint, binder, lacquer, varnish) on wood, 46 x 55 cm, on stretcher
Photo certificate:
Miquel Tàpies, Fundacio Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, 26 November 1999. The work is registered in the archive with the no. T-7723
Provenance:
Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca (stamp on the stretcher)
Private Collection, Germany
Exhibited:
Pelaires, Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, 1999
Literature:
Anna Agusti, Tapies, Obra completa, vol 7, 1991 – 1997, Barcelona 2003, p. 467, no 6961 (ill.)
“It has often been claimed that my pictures betray a sort of obsession with death, since so many crosses appear in them. One ought not to forget, however, that the cross, as everybody who has engaged with symbolism knows, is much more than a sign of death or of Christianity. The cross can signify many things. It is a universal symbol. It stands for the coordination of space, the marking of sites and territories, as well as for destruction and negation.”
Antoni Tàpies in: Boisserée Gallery, exhibition catalogue, Antoni Tàpies, Cologne 2011
31.05.2017 - 19:00
- Estimate:
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EUR 40,000.- to EUR 50,000.-
Antoni Tàpies *
(Barcelona 1923–2012)
Orelles (Ears), 1997, signed on the reverse Tàpies, mixed media (sand, paint, binder, lacquer, varnish) on wood, 46 x 55 cm, on stretcher
Photo certificate:
Miquel Tàpies, Fundacio Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, 26 November 1999. The work is registered in the archive with the no. T-7723
Provenance:
Sala Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca (stamp on the stretcher)
Private Collection, Germany
Exhibited:
Pelaires, Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, 1999
Literature:
Anna Agusti, Tapies, Obra completa, vol 7, 1991 – 1997, Barcelona 2003, p. 467, no 6961 (ill.)
“It has often been claimed that my pictures betray a sort of obsession with death, since so many crosses appear in them. One ought not to forget, however, that the cross, as everybody who has engaged with symbolism knows, is much more than a sign of death or of Christianity. The cross can signify many things. It is a universal symbol. It stands for the coordination of space, the marking of sites and territories, as well as for destruction and negation.”
Antoni Tàpies in: Boisserée Gallery, exhibition catalogue, Antoni Tàpies, Cologne 2011
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| Auction: | Contemporary Art I |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 31.05.2017 - 19:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 20.05. - 31.05.2017 |
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Estimate:
EUR 250,000.- to EUR 350,000.-