G0007

The ring

Ref Num.: G0007

Date: 1917

Typology: Prints

Technique: Etching and aquatint

Dimensions: 31 x 40 cm (plate mark)

Signed: –

Barcelona, MNAC, no. 5.052 (2nd state)

There are two known states of this print. The first is an etching produced in three stages. The second state (MNAC) is rich in the tonal effects of aquatint. It is surprising that there isn’t even the smallest patchy area or ‘crevé’. This is one of Nogués’ finest prints and the way the characters move and the graceful, balanced composition remind us of his drawings for “La Catalunya pintoresca”. We are including a print from the Palau Antiguitats gallery signed in pencil (December 2022).

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Joan Teixidor, “Notas para un inventario de la obra de Xavier Nogués”, Anales y Boletín de los Museos de Arte de Barcelona, Arte Moderno, vol. 3, 1945, cat. no. 22, p. 9. Jaume Pla, Els gravats de Xavier Nogués, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 1960, cat. no. 22, plate p. 41. 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, cat. no. 912/913, p. 72. Jaume Socias, Pintura catalana en el Castell de la Geltrú, Editorial Selecta, Barcelona, 1977, cat. no. 285, p. 208. Agustí Pons and Pilar Parcerisas, Homes, terres i paisatges. Catalunya vista pels seus artistes y escriptors, Edit HMB, Barcelona, 1981, fig. repr. p. 40. Maestros de la pintura catalana, Museus Daimaru, cat. 40, Japan, 1990, cat. no. 41. Xavier Nogués a les col·leccions del Museu. Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer, exhibition held at the Museu Víctor Balaguer, Vilanova i la Geltrú, 17th November 2011- 4th March 2012, Barcelona, 2011, cat. no. 9, p. 93.