V0118

The hunt

Ref Num.: V0118

Date: ca. 1924

Typology: Enamelled glass

Technique: Enamelled glass

Dimensions: 13.9 x 9 x 7 cm

Signed: “Nogués” / “Crespo”

Barcelona – J. Monés collection

Composition featuring three hunters, one of them is holding onto his dog, surrounded by three birds. One-off piece. It goes with the glass “Fishing” that is part of the collections of the Museu del Disseny, inventory no. 4.952. It is also listed under the title “Hunting”. Unfortunately, this old black and white photograph is the only surviving record of the glass. Image rights: Dani Rovira.

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Cecília Vidal i Maynou, Xavier Nogués i els vidres esmaltats al foc, doctoral thesis, Barcelona University, Barcelona, 1989, p. 360. Josep Llorens Artigas, Els vidres meravellosos. Xavier Nogués – Ricard Crespo, “La mà trencada”, Revista quinzenal de totes les Arts, year 1, no. 3, Edicions Joan Merli, Barcelona, 11th December 1924, fig. repr. p. 47. It also appears in the facsimile edition of this journal, published by Leteradura, “Ready mades” collection, Barcelona, 1977. Anonymous, “Vidres esmaltats”, Gaseta de les Arts, year 1, no. 15, Barcelona, 15th December 1924, fig. repr. p. 5.

Ricard Crespo.