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Title: Sensa titol

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1985

Technique: mixmedia on paper

Size: 40.8 x 54 cm

Misc: Ref. Comissio Tapies T-9997

Price: On Request

Title: Dos peus amb creus

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1997

Technique: painting on paper

Size: 120 x 80,5 cm

Edition: unique

Misc: Ref. Anna Agusti nr 7057

Price: On Request

Title: Untitled

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1976

Technique: lithograph

Size: 21 x 42 cm

Edition: 117/120

Misc: Ref. Galfetti 641

Price: On Request

Title: Matiere

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1972

Technique: etching

Size: 63 x 90 cm

Edition: 15/75

Misc: Ref. Galfetti 329

Price: On Request

Title: La main

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1972

Technique: etching

Size: 66 x 89 cm

Edition: 33/75

Misc: Ref. Galfetti 322

Price: On Request

Title: Empreintes de pas

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1972

Technique: Etching with sand collage

Size: 91 x 63 cm

Edition: 55/75

Misc: Ref. Galfetti 341

Price: On Request

Title: Croix sur chiffres

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1976

Technique: Aquatint, varnish and collage

Size: 51.5 x 33 cm

Edition: 33/50

Misc: Ref. Galfetti 562

Price: On Request

Title: Pont

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1981

Technique: Aquatint, resins, carborundum and stamping

Size: 78 x 106,5 cm

Edition: EA 2/5

Misc: Ref. Galfetti 795

Price: On Request

Title: Nocturn matinal

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1970

Technique: Lithograph with hand coloring on paper

Size: 57 x 77 cm

Edition: Edition of 100

Price: On Request

Title: Pissarra

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1972

Technique: Etching on paper

Size: 60 x 77 cm

Edition: Edition of 75

Price: On Request

Title: Untitled

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1991

Technique: Lithograph on paper

Size: 24 x 26,5 cm

Edition: Edition of 150

Price: On Request

Title: Paper de diari amb nou ratlles

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1969

Technique: Mixed media on newspaper

Size: 49 x 66 cm

Edition: Unique work

Price: On Request

Title: Le grande porte

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1972

Technique: Etching with collage on paper

Size: 92 x 68 cm

Edition: Edition of 75

Price: On Request

Title: Untitled

Artist: Antoni Tápies

Year: 1960

Technique: Mixed media on paper

Size: 20 x 19 cm

Edition: Unique work

Price: On Request

Antoni Tápies

Antoni Tàpies was born in Barcelona in 1923 and showed artistic talent from an early age. During the Spanish Civil War, Tàpies remained in Barcelona, witnessing terrible horrors and remaining deeply disturbed for the rest of his life by the suffering he witnessed. In 1942, having recovered from a serious illness following a heart attack, he started making copies in oils of works by van Gogh and Picasso.
A year later Tàpies enrolled on a law course at the University of Barcelona but in 1946 dropped out to take up painting full-time.

His early work employed a variety of materials such as earth, newspaper and rope. In 1947 he also produced engravings and in 1948, together with a group of young writers and painters, the review, Dau al Set was established. In this year Tàpies had his first one-man exhibition and the reaction was one of anger and controversy. With the help of a scholarship from the French government, Tàpies moved to Paris in 1950. He remained for a year after which time he based himself in Barcelona. By 1952 his style had taken on a more geometrical appearance and was more concerned with studies of pure colour. In 1955 he gave a lecture at the Santander Summer University discussing his approach to art, making a case for the importance of spontaneity in art and the need to improvise away from tradition.
In 1959 saw Tàpies increase his work rate considerably.

In 1969 he published a number of polemical articles defending freedom in art and in his essay, Nothing Is Mean, published in 1979, he went on to defend his reasons for incorporating everyday items into his work. He has worked in a variety of media including sculpture and lithography. His strong ideas have been enormously influential and his art has been highly acclaimed, winning a number of top prizes in international competitions.

He passed away in 2012.