Catalan alphabet for children (drawing)

Ref Num.: D0001

Details

Date: 1920

Typology: Drawings

Technique: Pen, touches of white gouache

Dimensions: 8’6×8’6cm (one letter)

Signed: Not available

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, no. 107.594

Description

Alphabet; letter “C” for cavall (horse) and circ (circus); version of letter “X”

Provenance

Isabel Escalada’s bequest, 1969

Exhibitions

Palau de la Virreina, March 1967; Palau de la Virreina, March 1972

Bibliography

Xavier Nogués, Abecedari per a nens, Llibreria Nacional Catalana, Salvat Papasseït, Barcelona, 1920. J. Barbeta, A. Casanovas, M. Gil and C. Vidal, Exposición Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941, Palacio de la Virreina, March-April 1967, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Museos de Arte, Barcelona, 1967, cat. nos. 188-213, pp. 35 and 36. The letter “C” appears on the cover of Cavall Fort, no. 161, November 1969. Cecília Vidal, Exposición: Legado Isabel Escalada Vda. Xavier Nogués, Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona, 1972, cat. no. 18-42, pp. 16-17, illus. p. 82.