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Artists›Antoni Tàpies

Antoni Tàpies

1923–2012

WA-00003382

Barcelona, Spain

Conceptual Art

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

172

Works in Collection

401

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ158099

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%✓
DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
BiographyAi Generated + Gallery Pace+2· 82%
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Pace-Galleryhttps://www.pacegallery.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/antoni-tapies
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/antoni-tapies
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/5809
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/antoni-tapies
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Anton-Kern
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

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Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

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Related Artists

11 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (172)

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Antoni Tapies in Print

1992 · Illustrated book with one lithograph

page: 9 1/2 x 10 7/16" (24.1 x 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from Variations on a Musical Theme #1

1988 · Lithograph and embossing

composition and sheet: 21 1/16 × 27 5/8" (53.5 × 70.1 cm)

Plate: 11 5/8 x 15 11/16" (29.6 x 39.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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No. 12 from the series Variations on a Musical Theme (Variations sur un thème musical)

1987 · Lithograph and collagraph

Composition (irreg.): 25 1/2 x 39 5/16" (64.8 x 99.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 23) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

plate 16 3/8 x 11 3/16" (41.6 x 28.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Variant of frontispiece (supplementary suite, plate 1) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

plate 13 5/8 x 10 9/16" (34.6 x 26.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Variant of plate from page 23 (supplementary suite, plate 3) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

plate 11 7/8 x 9 1/4" (30.1 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Frontispiece from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 1/4 x 9 3/16" (21 x 23.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Variant of double page plate from pages 14 and 15 (supplementary suite, plate 2) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

plate 12 5/16 x 18 11/16" (31.3 x 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate (pages 14 and 15) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 11 7/8 x 18 1/2" (30.1 x 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Équation

1987 · 5 etching and aquatints (1 with aquatint and embossing)

page 11 13/16 x 9 1/4" (30 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate (pages 42 and 43) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 10 13/16 x 18 1/2" (27.5 x 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Variant of double page plate from pages 42 and 43 (supplementary suite, plate 5) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching and lift ground aquatint, printed in color

plate 12 5/16 x 18 5/8" (31.3 x 47.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Variant of double page plate from pages 30 and 31 (supplementary suite, plate 4) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching, lift ground aquatint, aquatint, and embossing, printed in color

plate 12 5/16 x 18 11/16" (31.3 x 47.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate (pages 30 and 31) from ÉQUATION

1987 · Soft ground etching, lift ground aquatint, aquatint, and embossing, printed in color

irreg. composition 11 7/8 x 18 1/2" (30.1 x 47 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Two page plate (pages 13 and 15) from LLULL

1985 · Lift ground aquatint and aquatint with die-cut printed in color, on two pages

irreg. composition 14 3/16 x 18 7/8" (36 x 48 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 33) from LLULL

1985 · Lift ground aquatint, aquatint, collagraph, and collage, printed in color

irreg. composition 12 1/16 x 17 15/16" (30.6 x 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Double page plate (pages 42 and 43) from LLULL

1985 · Lift ground aquatint, aquatint, and collagraph, printed in color

irreg. composition 14 1/16 x 39 3/16" (35.8 x 99.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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LLULL

1985 · 22 lift ground aquatints (most with aquatint, soft ground etching, collagraph, carborundum, etching, flocking, die-cut, and/or collage), and 2 aquatints (with etching or collagraph), printed in color; and 1 carborundum, printed without ink (wrapper)

irreg. page 14 1/16 x 19 11/16" (35 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 56) from LLULL

1985 · Etching and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 x 11" (7.7 x 28 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 25) from LLULL

1985 · Aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 13/16 x 19 11/16" (35.1 x 50 cm)

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Plate (page 57) from LLULL

1985 · Lift ground aquatint and aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 13 13/16 x 19 3/4" (35.1 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 37) from LLULL

1985 · Lift ground aquatint, aquatint, and carborundum, printed in color

irreg. composition 14 1/16 x 19 11/16" (35.7 x 50 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 24) from LLULL

1985 · Lift ground aquatint, printed in color

irreg. composition 8 15/16 x 11 5/16" (22.8 x 28.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

172 published of 350 catalogued · 50 with image

MoMA
170 publishedof 341 catalogued43 img
The Met
2 published
+ 1 more source · 7 catalogued, not yet published

Record

Images

23 assets

Artsy

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Relationships

Movements1

Conceptual Art

Collections5

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Freeman's|Hindman Phillips Artsy Pace Gallery

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Represented by

Pace Gallery

Current

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Market

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Background

Education

German School of Barcelona

Visual Arts

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