Sale 2049
New York
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13 November 2008
Price realised
USD 25,000
Estimate
Antoni Tàpies (b. 1923) Lady signed 'tàpies' (upper left) watercolor and ink on paper 13¾ x 12 in. (34.9 x 30.5 cm.) Painted in 1950.
Provenance
Galería Biosca, Mardrid Frank H. Porter, Cleveland, acquired from the above in 1962 The Main Trust of Frank H. Porter, Cleveland Acquired from the above by the present owner
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Literature
A. Agustí, Tàpies The Complete Works 1943-1960, vol. I, New York, 1989, p. 132, no. 275 (illustrated).
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