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CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF WORKS BY XAVIER NOGUÉS
Scientific director: Francesc Fontbona; with the cooperation of Cecília Vidal
Technical director: Joan-Francesc Ainaud
Documentation: Santiago Mercader; with the cooperation of Cristina Bartrès
Photographs: Dani Rovira
English translations: Tallers Gràfics Alfa
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©Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, 2024

D0073

Allegory of the month of May

Ref Num.: D0073

Details

Date: 1914

Typology: Drawing

Technique: Pen and ink and white chalk on paper

Dimensions: 8.2 x 14 cm

Signed: Unsigned and undated

Location

Barcelona, MNAC, GDG inventory no. 41.362-D

Description

Satirical drawing of a figure of divinity seated on a throne and surrounded by figures carrying musical instruments and making offerings to him. Original published in the Almanac L’Esquella de la Torratxa, 1915, s/f. Image rights: MNAC.

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

Provenance

Rossend Partagàs bequest, 1945

Exhibitions

Palau de la Virreina, March 1967

Bibliography

Almanac per a L’Esquella de la Torratxa, 1915. Rafael Benet, Xavier Nogués, caricaturista y pintor, Ediciones Omega, Barcelona, 1949, «Ilustraciones decorativas», no. 11, p. 87. J. Barbeta, A. Casanovas, M. Gil y C. Vidal, Exposición Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941, Palacio de la Virreina, marzo-abril 1967, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Museos de Arte, Barcelona, 1967, no. cat. 144, p. 30.

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