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D0727

Diplodocus

Ref Num.: D0727

Details

Date: 1937

Typology: Drawing

Technique: Ink on paper

Dimensions: 21 x 15 cm

Signed: “Nogués” in pencil on the back

Location

Sabadell, Museu d’Art de Sabadell, no. 5.807

Description

Black ink drawing with a male figure on the left-hand side, wearing evening dress and shoes. He has glasses, a moustache and a slight bald patch and is leaning on a fossil of a large prehistoric animal. Original drawing published in Joan Oliver and Pere Quart’s Bestiari, Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura, Barcelona, 1937. The drawing was donated to the Museu d’Art de Sabadell by Sílvia Oliver. It came from Joan Oller’s office. Image rights: Dani Rovira. With kind permission of the Museu d’Art de Sabadell.

Provenance

Joan Oliver collection

Exhibitions

Palau de la Virreina, March 1967

Bibliography

Pere Quart (text) and Xavier Nogués (illustracions), Bestiari, Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura, Sabadell, Barcelona, 1937, 1st edition , p. 79. 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, p. 47, file 412.

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