G0050

Sparrow Hunter (Montjuïc)

Ref Num.:G0050

Details

Date: 1917

Typology: Print and lithograph

Technique: Etching and aquatint

Dimensions: 32x24cm (platemark)

Signed: _

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, no. 5.052

Description

There are two known states of this print. The first is an etching produced in three stages. Short, parallel lines characteristic of the artist’s early works. The second state was made from the same plate with the tonal values of an aquatint produced in six stages. Superbly engraved plate.

Provenance

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Exhibitions

Exhibition of Etchings by Xavier Nogués, Ateneo de Madrid, 16th – 30th April 1917. Exhibition of Etchings by Xavier Nogués, Galeries Laietanes, May 1917. 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. nos. 23 and 24, plates 42 and 43.