Lot 405
  • 405

JULIO GONZÁLEZ | Nu debout à sa toilette

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Julio González
  • Nu debout à sa toilette 
  • pastel on paper
  • 44 by 29.4cm., 17 1/4 by 11 1/2 in.
  • Executed circa 1914-18.

Provenance

Roberta González, Paris
Carmen Martinez & Viviane Grimminger, Paris
Galleria Pieter Coray, Lugano (acquired by 1987)
Acquired from the above circa 1990

Exhibited

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Frankfurt, Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut & Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Julio González. Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Kunstgewerbe, 1983, no. 143, illustrated in the catalogue 
Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray, Julio González, 1987, no. 33, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Josette Gibert, Julio González, Dessins, projets pour sculptures: figuresParis, 1975, illustrated p. 65
Tomàs Llorens Serra, Julio González, Catálogo general razonado de las pinturas, esculturas y dibujos, 1900-1918, Valencia, 2007, vol. I, no. 643, illustrated p. 570

Condition

Executed on brown wove paper and not laid down, the sheet is hinged to the mount along the upper edge. All four edges are unevenly cut, with some deckling on the right edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained. There are remnants of adhesive tape on the back of the upper two corners of the sheet. There is a small diagonal flattened crease to the upper right corner. There are a few tiny, minor inconsistencies to the paper only visible upon close inspection. This work is in overall good condition.
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