Etching on paper
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Cartography
Purchased 1981
abstraction
artist’s notes
inscriptions
irregular forms
non-representational
symbols and personifications
paper print etching
Cartography
image: 560 × 843 mm
Purchased 1981
<p><b>P07571</b> CARTOGRAPHY 1976
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Tàpies’ bottom left and ‘30/50’
<br/>Etching, printed by J. Barbara, Barcelona, published by Maeght Gallery, Barcelona, 22 1/8×35 3/8 (56×84.3)
<br/>Purchased from Maeght Editeur (Grant-in-Aid) 1981
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Mariuccia Galfetti and Gustavo Gili, <i>Tàpies: Obra Grafica 1973–78</i>, Barcelona, 1980, no.593
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<br/>In his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a>, Tàpies translates the rich surface of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/collage" title="Glossary definition for 'Collage'"><span>collage</span></a>, <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/impasto" title="Glossary definition for 'Impasto'"><span>impasto</span></a> and violent or graffiti-like marks of his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> into graphic terms. He used impressions of real things, as in ‘The Sieve’ [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/tapies-the-sieve-p07570" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07570</span></a>], and collage as in ‘Collaged Cloth’ [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/tapies-pasted-cloth-p07572" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07572</span></a>]. There are references to location in ‘Cartography’ [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/tapies-cartography-p07571" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P07571</span></a>]; Teresa is the name of Tàpies' wife.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984
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2004-10-11T00:00:00
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abstraction artist’s notes inscriptions irregular forms non-representational symbols and personifications