G0095

Bad News

Ref Num.:G0095

Details

Date: 1937

Typology: Graphic Works

Technique: Etching

Dimensions: 14.5×21.5cm (platemark)

Signed: _

Location

Description

There are two known states of this print. The first state is an etching produced in three stages. The sketches have been done using drypoint. In the second state, the drypoint has disappeared and the print has been completed using the etching technique in three stages. A work based on Nogués’ caricatures, or ninots, which shows his characteristic mocking, comical tone.

Provenance

_

Exhibitions

Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941, Palau de la Virreina, March – April 1967.

Bibliography

Jaume Pla, Els gravats de Xavier Nogués, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 1960, cat. no. 79, plates 150 i 151