G0066
Curiosity
Ref Num.:G0066
Details
Date: 1930
Typology: Graphic Works
Technique: Drypoint
Dimensions: 12×13.3cm (platemark)
Signed: _
Location
MNAC, Barcelona, no. 5.647
Description
Nogués’ first drypoint engraving made during his sojourn in Paris. His depiction of the figures has changed and they have been transformed into semi-caricatures. There is a note in Nogués sketchbook in somebody else’s handwriting. It reads: “Cavaller i cavall que flaira una flor. París” (Man and horse smelling a flower. Paris).
Provenance
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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. 45, plate 85