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D0691
Shoo!
Ref Num.: D0691
Details
Date: 1922
Typology: Drawing
Technique: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 16.2 x 19 cm
Signed: “Babel” bottom, right
Location
Sabadell, Museu d’Art de Sabadell, no. 637
Description
Standing male figure waving his arms in the air. He is trying to kill a mosquito with the umbrella he is holding. Original drawing published in 50 Ninots per Xavier Nogués, preface by Ramon Raventós. Salvat-Papasseit Llibreters, Barcelona, 1922, 1st edition. 5 sheets + 50 illustrations by Nogués. The original drawings in the series 50 Ninots were part of the collection of the art dealer and friend of Nogués, Santiago Segura, and his wife, Maria Cladellas, until 1943, when they were bequeathed to the Museu d’Art de Sabadell. Image rights: Dani Rovira. With kind permission of the Museu d’Art de Sabadell.
Provenance
Santiago Segura collection, 1943
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Xavier Nogués, 50 Ninots de Xavier Nogués, Salvat Papasseit llibrers, Barcelona, 1922, 1st edition (preface by Ramon Raventós and 5 sheets + 50 illustrations by Xavier Nogués under the pseudonym Babel”). J. Barbeta, A. Casanovas, M. Gil and C. Vidal, Exposición Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941*, Palacio de la Virreina, March-April 1967, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Museos de Arte, Barcelona, 1967, pp. 37-39, files 214-263.
