G0044

Girl’s Head

Ref Num.:G0044

Details

Date: 1915

Typology: Graphic Works

Technique: Etching with several coats of varnish

Dimensions: 14.6x12cm (platemark)

Signed: _

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, no. 5.061

Description

Beautiful portrait in the artist’s trademark style. Highlights include the precise use of line where the greys have been burnished to achieve the shaping of the head.

Provenance

_

Exhibitions

Exhibition of Etchings by Xavier Nogués, Galeries Laietanes, May 1917. Exhibition of 12 Engravings by Xavier Nogués, Llibreria Catalonia, 20th November – 5th December 1924. 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. 16, plate 29