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    Post-War & Contemporary Art Morning Session

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    13 November 2008

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    • Antoni Tàpies (b. 1923)
    Lot 208

    Antoni Tàpies (b. 1923)

    Lady

    Price realised

    USD 25,000

    Estimate

    USD 14,000 - USD 18,000

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    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 and exhibited

    Literature

    A. Agustí, Tàpies The Complete Works 1943-1960, vol. I, New York, 1989, p. 132, no. 275 (illustrated).


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    PROPERTY OF A LADY

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