Product Description

Foreword by Georges Raillard.
11.75 x 12.5 in.
915 illustrations

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1817645 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 544 pages

About the Author
Antoni Tàpies was born in Barcelona in 1923, and he continues to live and work there. A painter, draftsman, printmaker, and sculptor, he participated in the Venice Biennial in 1954 and 1958, and won an award for painting there in 1993; he also received the Guggenheim International Award in 1964, participated in Documenta3, and in 1981 was awarded the Medalla de Oro de Bellas Artes by King Juan Carlos I in Madrid. He has been the subject of numerous retrospectives at major museums worldwide, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; the Institute of Contemporary Art, London; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.