LOT DETAILS
Materials:
mixed media on canvas
Measurements:
64.17 in. (163.00 cm.) (height) by 64.17 in. (163.00 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed and dated 'Tàpies 1963' (on the reverse)
Exhibited:
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1964 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, 1964, no. 218. Jacksonville, Cummer Gallery of Art, 700 years of Spanish Art, 1965, no. 55 (illustrated, unpaged). New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Antoni Tàpies, 1968, no. 1 (illustrated).
Literature:
G. Gatt, Antoni Tàpies, Bologna 1967 (illustrated in colour, pl. 144). M. Tapié, Antoni Tàpies Oevres 1945-1968, Milan 1969, no. 75 (illustrated, unpaged; incorrectly titled 'Architectural avec matière martelé'). A. Agustí, Tàpies: The Complete Works, Volume II: 1961-1968, Barcelona 1990, no. 1194 (illustrated, p. 163).
Provenance:
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Private Collection, France (acquired from the above in 1987). Anon. sale, Christie's London, 8 February 2006, lot 39. Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Co., Geneva. Galerie Cazeau-Beraudiere, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner.