ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012) - Lot 148

ANTONI TAPIES (1923-2012) Circle, 1994 Mixed media on panel Signed on back 54.5 x 65 cm PROVENANCE : Galeria de Arte Soledad Lorenzo, Ma-drid. This work appears in the catalog raisonnée under number T-7248. This work is accompanied by its certificate of authenticity from the Tapiès commission. Sand is a highly symbolic material for Tapiès, alluding to his roots in the land and his Catalan roots, underlining the humility of his work through its simplicity and availability, and above all evoking the passage of time and the slow erosion of rocks. This theme is reinforced here by the writing of the numbers 1, 2 and 3, and the shape of the circle, invoking notions of eternity and the universality of human experience.