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CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF WORKS BY XAVIER NOGUÉS
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P0141
Figures playing
Ref Num.: P0141
Details
Date: 1933
Typology: Painting
Technique: Oil on board
Dimensions: 27 x 35 cm
Signed: Signed and dated, bottom, right “Nogués 33”
Location
Private collection
Description
Preparatory study for the painting decorating one of the panels in the Hotel Colón in Barcelona, which stood on the corner of Plaça Catalunya and Passeig de Gràcia. It opened in 1902 and was home to the city’s most upscale café and restaurant. It was also the meeting place for different artists who had embraced the noucentista movement under the patronage of their friend and patron Lluís Plandiura. In 1936, a group of anarchists entered the building and fired bullets at some of the art works, believing they symbolised the bourgeoisie they were fighting against. Nogués is said to have portrayed himself as the barman in the definitive version of the painting.
Provenance
R. Noguera de Guzmán collection
Exhibitions
Bibliography
Joan Teixidor, “Notas para un inventario de la obra de Xavier Nogués”, Anales y Boletín de los Museos de Arte de Barcelona, Arte Moderno, vol. 3, 1945, olis, no. 19, p. 12.
La obra de Xavier Nogués en la segunda colección Plandiura, catalogue Sala Parés, Barcelona, exhibition 15th-27th February 1964, no. 62 (appears under the name “Dice players”).
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, cat. no. 22, p. 16, illustration, p. 119.
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Notes
The black and white photograph is taken from the catalogue for the exhibition held at the Virreina in 1967. The current whereabouts of the painting are unknown so a more recent photograph is not available.