ES0001

Seated hunter

Ref Num.: ES0001

Date: ca. 1935

Typology: Sculpture

Technique: Bronze

Dimensions: 9 x 23 cm

Signed: –

Barcelona, MNAC, no. 107.745

Sculpture made in collaboration with his friend, the sculptor Josep Granyer (1899-1983) and originally one of a pair. The other was a recumbent lioness, also designed by Nogués and made by Granyer (MNAC, inventory no. 107.746). (See file  ES0003).

A version cast in bronze from the original plaster model has also been found. It is owned by the Granyer family (without a plinth, 18 x 15 x 11.5 cm).

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

Isabel Escalada’s bequest, 1969

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, no. 1345, p. 105. Cecília Vidal, Exhibition: Legado Isabel Escalada Vda. Xavier Nogués, Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona, 1972, cat. no. 371, p. 60. Cecília Vidal Maynou (dir.), Xavier Nogués (1873-1941), Alfa Books, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 2021, p. 215.

Josep Granyer.