Tàpies: The Complete Works 1943–1981. 4 Vols.
New York: Rizzoli; Fundacio Antoni Tàpies / Edicions Poligrafa, 1988–1996. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 546, 511, 575, 483pp. Original dark gray illustrated cloth with black lettering on cover and spine, in original pictorial dustjackets, black lettering on spine, housed in plain cardboard slipcases with black lettering on cover. Light gray endpapers. Illustrated title pages. Imprint in volume four is Fundacio Antoni Tàpies / Edicions Poligrafa.
"The catalog... could be considered as the record of poematic movement. It is linked, as the work is itself, to the Heimkunft [Hölderlin's Heimkunft: the retracing of one's steps that causes things to be seen in a new light]. The work is presented here as we have never before seen it: in its entirety. It differs therefore from retrospectives which always depend on the eye of an organizer, even if that eye belongs to the painter himself, since his point of view, I believe, is always based on the present state of his work." (Raillard). Considered to be an avant-garde artist, Tàpies is viewed as n artist who made important contributions to the aesthetics of the 20th Century. Beautifully illustrated with nearly 5,500 reproductions of Tàpies work, seven hundred and sixty-eight of these in color. Work includes chronologies, bibliographies, lists of works, and indices of titles. Slipcase of volume 3 with light wear and staing. near fine to fine. Item #47422
ISBN: 8434305526
Price: $650.00