C0012

The Man with the Umbrella

Ref Num.:C0012

Details

Date: 1933

Typology: Ceramics

Technique: Painted porcelain

Dimensions: 17.5cm

Signed: «N.» bottom

Location

Museu del Disseny, MCB, 107.550

Description

Polychrome porcelain sculpture depicting a male figure leaning on an umbrella, wearing a jacket, checked trousers and a top hat. Model by the artist Josep Granyer. Made in Barclona. Image right: Guillem Fernández-Huerta.

Provenance

Isabel Escalada’s bequest – 1969

Exhibitions

Palau de la Virreina, March 1967; Palau de la Virreina, March 1972

Bibliography

J. Barbeta, A. Casanovas, M. Gil and C. Vidal, Exposición Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941, Palau de la Virreina, March-April 1967, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Museos de Arte, Barcelona, 1967, no 1.222, p. 94. Cecília Vidal, Exposición: Legado Isabel Escalada Vda. Xavier Nogués, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, 1972, cat. no. 338, p. 55. Cecília Vidal Maynou (dir.), Xavier Nogués (1873-1941), Alfa Books, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 2021, p. 214.

Coauthors

Made in collaboration with Josep Granyer (sculptor).