The Disdainful Man

Ref Num.: G0030

Details

Date: 1910

Typology: Graphic work

Technique: Etching and aquatint

Dimensions: 15.5×12.5cm (platemark)

Signed: “Nogués” lower left-hand corner

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, no. 5021

Description

Etching (two stages) and aquatint (three stages). The quality achieved by the artist in this early work is truly astonishing. The man in the foreground with his disdainful air contrasts with the stylised female figures in the background.

Provenance

Unknown

Exhibitions

Being researched

Bibliography

Jaume Pla, Els gravats de Xavier Nogués, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 1960, cat. no. 2, plate, p. 3