Lot 408
  • 408

PABLO GARGALLO | Porteuse d'eau (forte)

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pablo Gargallo
  • Porteuse d'eau (forte)
  • stone
  • height: 48cm., 18 7/8 in.
  • Conceived and executed in 1925. This work is unique.

Provenance

Sala Parés, Barcelona
Private Collection, Barcelona (acquired from the above in 1935)
Thence by descent to the present owners

Exhibited

Barcelona, Sala Parés, Exposició d'Homenatge a l'escultor Pau Gargallo, 1935
Barcelona, Centro de Cultura Contemporanea, Casa de Caritat, El noucentisme. Un projecte de modernitat, 1994-95, no. 474, illustrated p. 312 (titled Dona del càntir)
Valencia & Biarritz, Institute of Modern Art & Centre le Bellevue, Pablo Gargallo, 2004, n.n., illustrated in colour p. 229 (titled Aguadora)

Literature

Pierre Courthion, Œuvre complète de Pablo Gargallo, Paris, 1973
Pierrette Anguera-Gargallo, Pablo Gargallo, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1998, no. 116, illustrated p. 143

Condition

Carved stone. There has been some restoration and in-filling corresponding to old damage to the cactus, between the base of the figure's legs and the feet, and to the proper right leg of the figure; this has been sympathetically repaired and is not visually distracting. There is some surface dirt in places. This work is in overall good condition.
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