The Mourning Woman (Three girls)

Ref Num.: G0006

Details

Date: 1917

Typology: Graphic work

Technique: Etching, aquatint

Dimensions: 26.3×30.8cm (platemark)

Signed: “Nogués” lower right-hand corner

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, núm. 5054 (2nd state)

Description

There are two known states of this print. The first is an etching produced in four stages. The second (MNAC) uses the aquatint technique with the tonal effects achieved in five or six stages using one type of resin. The print is highly accomplished technically and the figures are well balanced and evoke a solemn feeling of grandeur. The admirable contrast between the whites of the sky and the gradations of the dark tone are particularly remarkable. We are adding a print held from Palau Antiguitats gallery. This one has been cut on the plate mark.(December 2022).

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. Xavier Nogués, Artur Ramon, 17th March – 29th April 1994. Free Xavier Nogués, Palau Antiguitats, 26th April– 29th July 2022.

Bibliography

Jaume Pla, Els gravats de Xavier Nogués, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 1960, cat. no. 25, plate, pp. 46 and 47