(16 " x 20 ") 25 illustrations (20 hors text.)
General condition: Pristine. Exterior: Sound.
Contained in chemise & clamshell. ex no 92/165.

Llull-Tapies is the stunning result of Tapies's longtime fascination with 13th century Catalan figure Ramon Llull, whom Tapies called a "poet, mystic, philosopher, scientist, and man of action." Tapies had previously tackled projects that reflected his deep connection to his Catalan homeland but this was surely the largest. Llull is considered the first major writer in the Catalan language, and in Tapies' own collection of rare books there are a number of Llull's books that depict the scientific and mystic diagrams for which he was famous, and which had a heavy influence on Tapies.

"Llull-Tapies" contains a selection of Llull's writings, a critical text by Miquel Batllori, and of course Tapies' lithographs, which open to nearly three feet wide. The entire project took him over ten years to complete. A monumental and personal book, "Llull-Tapies" epitomizes the livre d'artiste.