Exhibition Les arts i els artistes. Barcelona, 1916

Ref Num.: CA0009

Details

Date: 1916

Typology: Poster

Technique: Linocut

Dimensions: 62.3 x 46.4 cm

Signed: “N.” bottom, left

Location

Barcelona, MNAC, 1.543-C

Description

Simple poster made from a linocut with bold typography, featuring two women under a parasol. This illustration appeared in Revista Nova, 30/06/1916, no. 35, p. 1 (at the bottom we can read “drawing and engraving by Xavier Nogués”). The Saló de les Arts i dels Artistes was a Barcelona-based arts association inspired by the noucentista style. It was founded in 1910 and dissolved in 1936. Printers: “Oliva de Vilanova, Barcelona”. Image rights: MNAC.

Images of works from the museum’s collection, courtesy of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.

Provenance

Isabel Escalada’s bequest, 1968

Exhibitions

Asociación de artistas vascos, Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes, January 1986/ Las artes gráficas en Euskadi y Cataluña, Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes, January 1989/ Palau de la Virreina, March 1972/ Santiago Segura (1879-1918). Una història de promoció cultural, Sabadell, Museu d’art de Sabadell, September 1998 - April 1999

Bibliography

Cecília Vidal, Exposición: Legado Isabel Escalada Vda. Xavier Nogués, Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona, 1972, cat. no. 487, p. 67. Foment d’arts Decoratives (FAD), Dels bells oficis al disseny actual. Una història de les arts decoratives a Catalunya el segle XX, exhibition catalogue, Caixa de Barcelona, 1981, no. 344, p. 39 (listed in the catalogue but not exhibited). Santi Barjau, Els cartells de Xavier Nogués, in “Els “meus” cartellistes”, blog about the history of posters, Tuesday 20th July 2021: “https://cartellistes.blogspot.com/2021/07/els-cartells-de-xavier-nogues-per-santi.html”.

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