ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012) - Lot 147

ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012) Shiny brown Oil on paper mounted on canvas Signed lower right 50 x 65 cm. PROVENANCE : Martha Jackson Gallery, New York. Exhibitions: - Al-bight-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA, 1975. - Antoni Tàpies, The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, USA, 1977. This work is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity from the Ta-piès Commission. This work appears in the catalog raisonnée under number T-2205. This work is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity from the Tapiès commission. Brown symbolizes earth, matter, de-composition and sometimes even regeneration. In his exploration of materiality and transcendence, Tàpies uses this color to evoke these fundamental themes. It often represents a return to origins, to the essential, to the earth itself. Brilliance evokes themes of light, spirituality and transformation, inspiring revelation within raw, earthy matter.