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CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ OF WORKS BY XAVIER NOGUÉS
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©Dani Rovira
V0055
Glass with a drunken man sitting and holding a bottle of wine
Ref Num.: V0055
Details
Date: c. 1924-1928
Typology: Enamelled glass
Technique: Enamelled glass
Dimensions: 4.6 x 3.2 (base) x 3.6 cm
Signed: Signed: “Nogués p.” / “Crespo f.” on the base
Location
Barcelona, MNAC, núm. 212.888
Description
Small glass featuring a man sitting and holding a bottle of wine in his right hand. Several examples of this glass have been found in museums, galleries and private collections. One of them is now held by the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC). It was formerly in the Salvador Riera collection. In 1995 it was deposited at the MNAC by the Catalan government (accessioned in 2004). The Museu del Disseny de Barcelona DHub has another which comes from the Isabel Escalada collection (MADB 107.561). Two further examples have been found in art galleries: one at the Palau Antiguitats (bearing the inscription “Nogués p. / Crespo f. 10 / 2” on its base), which is now in a private collection, and another at the Clavell & Morgades gallery, which came from a private collection. Of these four glasses, the one at the DHub is particularly significant because it comes from the collection of Isabel Escalada, the artist’s widow, and has a personal connection with the artist.
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 is based on the glass from the MNAC, which is the best documented as it is in a public collection and is considered of greatest significance.
We would like to thank the MNAC, the Museu del Disseny DHub, Palau Antiguitats and Clavell & Morgades for their assistance in cataloguing the different examples of this glass.
Provenance
Isabel Escalada’s bequest, 1969
Exhibitions
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.
Cecília Vidal, Exposición: Legado Isabel Escalada Vda. Xavier Nogués, Palacio de la Virreina, Barcelona, 1972, cat. no. 359, 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.
Joan M. Minguet Batllori, Alliberar Xavier Nogués, exhibition catalogue, Palau Antiguitats, Barcelona, April-July 2022, no. 109.
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.
