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CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF WORKS BY XAVIER NOGUÉS
With the support of:
©Dani Rovira. With kind permission of the Museu d’Art de Sabadell
V0114
Good wine kills the worm
Ref Num.: V0114
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Date: c. 1924-1928
Typology: Enamelled glass
Technique: Enamelled glass
Dimensions: 12.2 x 7.5 cm
Signed: “Nogués” / “Crespo”
Location
Sabadell, Museu d’Art de Sabadell, no. 3.862
Description
Glass decorated with the following motifs: Two male figures wearing suits on either side of a coat of arms. The one on the left is raising a glass and the one on the right is holding a wine vessel. Below the scene is a scroll bearing the slogan: “Lo bon vi mata la cuca” (Good wine kills the worm).
Another glass from the same series was exhibited at the Artur Ramon gallery in 1994 (see catalogue). The drawing was used to illustrate the page dedicated to the fortified wines known as vinos generosos.
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Bibliography
Cecília Vidal Maynou, L’art de Xavier Nogués, catalogue for the exhibition at the Sala d’Art Artur Ramon, Barcelona, March-April 1994, cat. 40, p. 57.
