The Three Graces

Ref Num.: G0004

Details

Date: 1912

Typology: Print and lithograph

Technique: Etching and aquatint

Dimensions: 29.5x27cm (platemark)

Signed: “Nogués” lower right-hand corner

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, núm. 5047

Description

The etching was produced in two stages and the aquatint in six stages, maybe using more than one type of resin. The deep tones Nogués achieved are particularly noteworthy. Palau Antiguitats art gallery has found a state proof not included in Jaume Pla’s catalogue raisonné. We attached an image of it here (December 2022).

Provenance

Unknown

Exhibitions

Les Arts i els Artistes. 10th exhibition, 1st – 14th May 1916. Exhibition of Etchings by Xavier Nogués, Ateneo de Madrid, 16th – 30th April 1917. Exhibition of Etchings by Xavier Nogués, Galeries Laietanes, May 1917. Exhibition of 12 Engravings by Xavier Nogués, Llibreria Catalonia, 20th November – 5th December 1924. 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. 7, plate, p. 11