(FILES) In this archive photo taken on November 7, 2006, Catalan paintor and sculptor Antoni Tapies, 82, signs a book after being awarded the French "Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". Avant-garde Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, one of the biggest names in European contemporary art, died in Barcelona on Feburary 6, 2012 aged 88, his art foundation said. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET
(FILES) In this archive photo taken on October 26, 2004, Spanish sculptor Antonio Tapies poses next to one of his artworks during the inauguration of his exhibition at the in the Reina Sofia Center for the Arts in Madrid. Avant-garde Spanish painter and sculptor Antoni Tapies, one of the biggest names in European contemporary art, died in Barcelona on Feburary 6, 2012 aged 88, his art foundation said.AFP PHOTO /Pedro ARMESTRE