D0729

To each one their trade

Ref Num.: D0729

Date: 1922

Typology: Drawing

Technique: Ink on paper

Dimensions: 16.1 x 18.9 cm

Signed: “Babel” bottom, right

Sabadell, Museu d’Art de Sabadell, no. 614

Male figure sitting at a table. The man has a moustache and is wearing a hat and holding a glass of wine in his right hand. There are two bottles on the table. Original drawing published in 50 Ninots per Xavier Nogués, preface by Ramon Raventós. Salvat-Papasseit Llibreters, Barcelona, 1922, 1st edition. 5 sheets + 50 illustrations by Nogués. The original drawings in the series 50 Ninots were part of the collection of the art dealer and friend of Nogués, Santiago Segura, and his wife, Maria Cladellas, until 1943, when they were bequeathed to the Museu d’Art de Sabadell. Image rights: Dani Rovira. With kind permission of the Museu d’Art de Sabadell.

Santiago Segura collection, 1943

Xavier Nogués, 50 Ninots de Xavier Nogués, Salvat Papasseit llibrers, Barcelona, 1922, 1st edition (preface by Ramon Raventós and 50 illustrations by Xavier Nogués under the pseudonymBabel”). 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, pp. 37-39, files 214-263.