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CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF WORKS BY XAVIER NOGUÉS
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V0053
Glass with a drunken man reclining and drinking from a bottle
Ref Num.: V0053
Details
Date: c. 1924-1928
Typology: Enamelled glass
Technique: Enamelled glass
Dimensions: 4.8 x 3.2 (base) x 3.6 cm
Signed: Signed on the base: “Nogués p. / Crespo f.”
Location
Barcelona, Museu del Disseny – Dhub, MADB 107.559
Description
Small glass with the figure of a drunken man reclining and drinking from a bottle. Part of a set of glasses or thimble glasses. A number of examples of this glass have been found in Barcelona galleries. The Museu del Disseny DHub has a glass from the bequest of Nogues’ widow, Isabel Escalada, (MADB 107.559). Another example was found at the Palau Antiguitats gallery (with the inscription “Nogués p. 10 / Crespo f. 6” on the base). It is now in a private collection. A further example was found at the Clavell & Morgades gallery, bearing the inscription “Nogués p. / Crespo f.” The photograph shows the glass from the Clavell & Morgades gallery, as it is the best available image of the piece. The information in the other fields refers to the glass from the Museu del Disseny DHub, which is the best documented as it is in a public collection and is considered of greatest significance.
We would like to thank the Museu del Disseny DHub, the Palau Antiguitats and Clavell & Morgades for their assistance in cataloguing the different examples of this glass.
Provenance
Isabel Escalada’s bequest, 1969
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Bibliography
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. 1318, p. 102. Cecília Vidal, Exposición: Legado Isabel Escalada Vda. Xavier Nogués, Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona, 1972, cat. no. 357, p. 58. Cecília Vidal, Xavier Nogués i els vidres esmaltats al foc, Publicacions Universitat de Barcelona, (doctoral thesis), 1991. Modernisme, cap a la cultura del disseny Ajuntament de Barcelona, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, Barcelona, 2020.
Notes
With the collaboration of Conxa Domènech. Xavier Nogués is the author of the drawings and, sometimes, also of the pictorial transposition with enamel on the glass, Ricard Crespo was responsible for the firing of the pieces and Conxa Domènech de Crespo who also traced and reviewed Nogués’ drawings. The degree of Xavier Nogués’ direct participation is especially evident in the finishes and when compared with the original drawings.
