G0074

Look but don’t touch

Ref Num.: G0074

Date: 1931

Typology: Graphic works

Technique: Etching and aquatint

Dimensions: 12.7 x 9.7 cm (plate mark)

Signed: –

Barcelona, MNAC, no. 5.028

Print with direct links to the glassware Nogués went on to make with Crespo. The aquatint on an etched background is of supreme quality. We can clearly see the areas that have been stopped out with a paint brush, but he has not used a suitable grain size of resin. Artist’s proof or test print.

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Jaume Pla, Els gravats de Xavier Nogués, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 1960, cat. no. 54, plate p. 103.