The Kite

Ref Num.: G0015

Details

Date: 1917

Typology: Graphic work

Technique: Etching and aquatint

Dimensions: 24.8x31cm (platemark)

Signed: Not available

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, núm. 5006

Description

Highly accomplished print. The etching was produced in two stages and the aquatint in five. Nogués uses the empty spaces to great effect with the figures acting as a counterpoint.

Provenance

Unknown

Exhibitions

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. No.. 28, plate, p.. 53