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Antoni Tàpies
1923–2012 · Spanish / Catalan · Based in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2012)
- University of Barcelona
- Pintura Matérica
- Marble Dust
- Assemblage
Antoni Tàpies built dense surfaces from sand, marble dust, cloth, furniture fragments and ordinary materials, combining abstraction with signs, crosses, numbers and traces of the body. His practice developed under Franco and often carried political and cultural resistance without becoming illustrative.
Painting; assemblage; printmaking
Gallery Representation
Major Works
- 1957Grey and Green Painting
- 1958Great Painting
- 1959Brown and Ochre Painting
- 1959Grey Relief on Black
- 1987Armchair
- 1990Cloud and Chair
- 1963–65Red and Black with Areas Torn Out
- 1965Materie en forma de peu
- 1956Door and Violin
- 1971Spirit Català
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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