Antoni Tapies (after) - Sala Gaspar ** ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT 1971 **

Lithographic poster by Antoni Tàpies (*)
This work was created for the artist's solo exhibition at Sala Gaspar in 1971.
Produced on lithographic paper

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Specifications

Dimensions: 90 x 64 cm
Year: 1971
Condition: Very Good (Shows very slight yellowing due to age. However, this artwork has never been framed or exhibited and has always been stored in a professional art folder, so it is offered in very good condition).
Provenance: Private Collection.

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Antoni Tàpies was born in 1923 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied law and drawing at the Valls Academy simultaneously in 1943. The military uprising led by General Franco from Morocco spread throughout Spain and led to the Civil War. Antoni Tàpies, an opponent of the dictator from within, was ultimately deeply affected by this brutal war.
In 1948, he was a co-founder of the group 'Dau al Set' and of the magazine of the same name. He met Joan Miró. After a period of producing surrealist works, Tapiès became interested in philosophy and Eastern art, especially calligraphy. Tàpies transforms the most diverse materials, often the poorest, into pictorial signs.
His first personal exhibition was organized in 1950. The artist includes colors and fossils in blocks glued together with glue, sand, and plaster, which will become 'walls that will witness the martyrdom of our people.' Tapiès uses newspapers and pieces of ropes for provocative social-meaning collages.
In 1951, in Paris, he met Braque, Picasso, and discovered informal art with Dubuffet and Fautrier, along with the writings of Michel Tapié. The artist moved towards more figurative compositions towards the late 1960s. The cross is a recurring symbol in his work, whether in painted or graphic works, which he developed simultaneously. His torn and scratched compositions continue to express a critical stance. The imprints and traces reveal an inner meditation.
From the early 1980s, Tapiès created 'installations' and dedicated himself to ceramic and mosaic art. Starting in 1962, major museums organized retrospectives of his work (Hanovre in 1962, Vienna in 1968, the Museum of Modern Art in Paris in 1973, and a traveling retrospective in the United States in 1988...).
Antoni Tapiès is the author of several works reflecting on art: "Práctica del arte" (1970), "El Arte contra la Estética" (1974). Antoni Tapiès lived and worked in Barcelona, the city where his Foundation was established in 1984. The artist died on February 6, 2012, at the age of 88.