LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and tempera on canvas

Measurements:

32.99 in. (83.80 cm.) (height) by 24.49 in. (62.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'JULIO ROMERO/DE TORRES (lower right); and further signed and inscribed 'JULIO ROMERO/DE TORRES/PINTADO AL ÓLEO Y AL TEMPLE.' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Seville, Pabellón de Córdoba - Exposición Iberoamericana, 1930. Buneos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, 1941-1991.

Literature:

P. Massa, Julio Romero de Torres, Buenos Aires, 1947. M. Valverde Candel and A.M. Piriz Salgado, Catálogo del Museo Julio Romero Torres, Córdoba, 1989, p. 48 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by Arturo Uriarte y Piñiero, Buenos Aires, 1930. Bequeathed by the above to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1941. Returned to the descendants of the Uriarte y Piñiero family, 1991. Thence by descent to the present owner.