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El Accidente
Details
Antoni Tàpies (b. 1923)
El Accidente
signed 'Tàpies' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
34¾ x 45 5/8in. (89.5 x 116cm.)
Painted in 1951
El Accidente
signed 'Tàpies' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
34¾ x 45 5/8in. (89.5 x 116cm.)
Painted in 1951
Provenance
Sala Gaspar, Barcelona.
Mr and Mrs Frank H. Porter Trust Estate, Ohio.
Their sale, Christie's London, 4 February 2004, lot 24.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Mr and Mrs Frank H. Porter Trust Estate, Ohio.
Their sale, Christie's London, 4 February 2004, lot 24.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
A. Agusti, Tàpies The Complete Works Volume I: 1943-1960, Barcelona 1988, no. 360 (illustrated, p. 162).
Exhibited
Venice, XXVI Biennale, 1952.
Chicago, Marshall Field & Company, Antoni Puig Tàpies, April 1953, no. 9.
Chicago, Marshall Field & Company, Antoni Puig Tàpies, April 1953, no. 9.
Special notice
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