TAKIS (1925-2019)
“Telelumiere No5”
Date: 1976
Original lithograph
Signed and numbered lower right in pencil
Editions G. Visat, Paris
Limited edition of 200 on Papier Japonais and 150 on Bristol Paper
76 x 56 cm
500,00 €
3 in stock
| Artist | Takis |
|---|---|
| Date | 1976 |
| Medium | Lithograph |
| Kind of Frame | Unframed |
Takis
(1925-2019)
1925 Takis was born in Athens, Greece on October 29th.
1946 He creates his first sculptures and busts in plaster and discovers through studying the work of Picasso and Giacometti.
1952 Takis and the artists Minos Argyrakis and Raymondos build a small studio in Anakassa in the outskirts of Athens.
Takis creates the work Les Quatre Soldats, a sculpture in plaster representing four men marching.
1954 Takis leaves for Paris and from now on he lives between Greece and Paris.
He creates in Athens his first iron sculptures Oedipe and Antigone, Sphinx and Idol.
