LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Size Notes:
109.9 x 108.9
Description:
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Markings:
signed for sale.
Exhibited:
Barcelona, Galeries Laietanes, Antoni Tpies, May 1952, no. 9. Madrid, Primera Bienal Hispano Americana de Arte, October 1951-February 1952, no. 59.Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The 1952 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, October-December 1952, no. 270.New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Antoni Tpies, October 1953, no. 19.
Literature:
A. Tpies, Un Vijaje a la Luna en el Siglo II- Luciano de Samasata, Barcelona, 1954.A. Agust, Tpies: The Complete Works Volume I: 1943-1960, Barcelona, 1990, no. 417 (illustrated, p. 190).Dau al Set, special issues, spring 1954 (illustrated).
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robins Jr., Darien.Museum of Modern Art, New York (gift from the above, 1960); sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 2012, lot 60.Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.