"[Tàpies].. ..a painter who was to create mysteries in matter itself."
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w:Roland Penrose, in his monograph Tàpies (1978); as quoted in 'Antoni Tàpies a Painter With Textures, Dies at 88', by William Grimes, in 'The New York Times', 8 Febr, 2012, p. B17
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