E0002

Drawings for the costumes for the opera *El Giravolt de maig*

Ref Num.: E0002

Date: 1928

Typology: Set and costume designs

Technique: ink and wash on paper, Pencil

Dimensions: 25 x 16 cm i 20 x 16 cm

Signed: “Nogués” bottom, right

Private collection

Costume designs for *El Giravolt de maig*, a one-act comic opera that premiered at the Palau de la Música Catalana on 27th October 1928. Nogués designed the sets and costumes (the libretto was by Josep Carner and the music by Eduard Toldrà). The characters depicted are: Jovita, Rosaura, Golferic, Marcó, Corbetó and Perot de l’Armentera. This set of six drawings were put up for auction at the Sala de Ventas in Barcelona on 17th May 2017, lot no. 899. Image rights: Sala de Ventas.

Collection of Toldrà’s widow

José Carner and Eduardo Toldrà, El Giravolt de maig, La Mirada de Sabadell, 1928, pp. 13-23. Rafael Benet, Xavier Nogués, caricaturista y pintor, Ediciones Omega, Barcelona, 1949, cat. Notícia de Ilustraciones no. XIII, p. 87. 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. 291-296, p. 43. Cecília Vidal Maynou (dir.), Xavier Nogués (1873-1941), Alfa Books, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 2021, pp. 290 and 291.