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Catalonia-Illustrators. "Els Dolços indrets de Catalunya: col-lecció de dibuixos de Torné Esquius". . Books . Prologue by Joan Maragall. Barcelona, Oliva, 1910. Folio minor landscape. XII + 39 color and b/w plates + 1 h. Illustrated cardboard period, deteriorated. Traces of rust and humidity.

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Catalonia-Illustrators. "Els Dolços indrets de Catalunya: col-lecció de dibuixos de Torné Esquius". . Books . Prologue by Joan Maragall. Barcelona, Oliva, 1910. Folio minor landscape. XII + 39 color and b/w plates + 1 h. Illustrated cardboard period, deteriorated. Traces of rust and humidity.

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Attributed to Elsa Niemeyer-Moxter, German, fl. early 20th century- Dance of the Seven Veils; oil on canvas, indistinctly signed 'Els... Mo..ter [?]' lower right, feigned tondo, 103 x104 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Elsa Moxter, also known as Elsa Niemeyer-Moxter, was a designer and illustrator who is recorded in Munich during the first half of the 20th century. She is referred to in art journals of the time as a designer of cabinet figurines, or “Vitrinenpuppen”, and as an illustrator, including for Jugend, a Munich-based art magazine. Her illustrations provide witty and acutely observed glimpses into turn-of-the-century city life, and several examples are held in the collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich. The artist’s affinity with graphic design and illustration is apparent in the present painting, with its strikingly stylised central figure and bold application of colour. Niemeyer-Moxter also appears to have been influenced by the works of other artists active in Munich at the same time, including Adolf Münzer (c.1870-1953) and Reinhold Max Eichler (1872-1947), both of whom are known to have supplied illustrations for Jugend magazine. The painting depicts the Biblical figure of Salome dancing, captured in the midst of her performance before King Herod. While it is not given a name in the Bible, Salome's dance became popularly referred to as the 'Dance of the Seven Veils' during the late 19th century in arts and literature, reputedly after Oscar Wilde first used the title in his 1893 play 'Salome'.

Lot 34

Estim. 2 800 - 3 000 EUR

FRANCISCO JAVIER GOSÉ ROVIRA (Alcalá de Henares, 1876 - Lleida, 1915). "Lady with cat", 1913. Lithographic poster. Estampes D'Art Devambez. With publisher's stamp. Signed in plate. Work cataloged in "Xavier Gosé, Il.lustrador de la modernitat", Ed. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC), 2015, Barcelona, p. 18. Collection: Monografies (Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya), 3. Presents some damage, wrinkles and lateral faults of the paper. Measurements: 50 x 35 cm. Javier Gosé's style oscillates between modernism and French art-deco and reflects the life of Parisian society. Inspired by the mundane life of the cafés-concert, the prostitutes, the horse races, the sportsmen and the well-known Montmartre, his style reflects the finesse and delicacy of the French society of the time, although it is not exempt of certain picaresque characteristic of the carefree Paris. Francisco Javier Gosé was an essential draftsman and painter in the graphic world and fashion in the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries. He studied in Barcelona, where he was assistant to the draftsman José Luis Pellicer. He collaborated from an early age in Barcelona publications, from "La Esquella de la Torratxa", "La saeta", in which it is clear his attachment to modernism, to "Mundial Magazine" and "Fémina", where a pre-cubist line is already beginning to be seen. His first exhibition was held at Els Quatre Gats. During his time in Barcelona he portrayed the proletariat, although in 1900 he traveled to Paris, where he collaborated with "La vie Illustrée", "Le frou-frou", among others. He exhibited in the Barcelona galleries Parés and Dalmau, the Vilches gallery (Madrid), Georges Petit and Ritlinger (both in Paris). Until this moment his works showed a satirical and realistic look on the bourgeois, snobs and prostitutes, although this look changed in 1907, when he began a more stylized, less realistic and less ironic stage, especially because of his beginning in the world of fashion, in which Gosé sought to set a trend among the female society. His time in Paris was the turning point in his life and artistic production, since the French capital was the place where he expanded his knowledge, becoming a successful artist who would get interesting commissions as illustrators in the best satirical magazines. In 1910 he began to collaborate with German magazines such as "Ulk". In 1914 the First World War broke out, a circumstance that, together with the serious health problems he was suffering, deprived him of the elegant Parisian environment, moving to the city of Vichy, famous for its spas. Soon after, Gosé moved back to Barcelona, spending the last days of his life in Lleida. Among the posthumous exhibitions, the Círculo Artístico, the same year of his death, the retrospective at the Rovira Gallery (1970) and the La Caixa Foundation (1984) stand out. He is represented in the Museums of Modern Art in Barcelona and Madrid, among others.

Lot 42

Estim. 2 200 - 2 500 EUR

MANUEL HUMBERT I ESTEVE (Barcelona, 1890 - 1975). "Landscape". 1932. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. It belonged to the old collection of Raimond Maragall. Published in "33 peintres catalans", by Joan Merlí, 1937, p. 104. Measurements: 38,5 x 55,5 cm. Manuel Humbert's style, of a contained and delicate lyricism, is expressed in a singular way in this landscape in which the houses and gardens are integrated into nature. Humbert trained in Barcelona at the Llotja School, and was also a student of Francesc d'Assís Galí at his academy. He became known in the satirical weekly "Papitu", under the pseudonym Isaac, and also collaborated with the magazine "Picarol". In 1915 he had his first individual exhibition at the Layetanas Galleries in Barcelona. Between 1909 and 1939 he lived between Barcelona and Paris, where he became friends with Picasso, Modigliani, Soutine and Kisling. Founding member of the group Les Arts y els Artistes, in 1929 he collaborated in the decoration of the National Palace of Montjuic (current National Museum of Art of Catalonia). Friend of X. Nogués and J. Aragay, he joined the realist side of noucentisme, and participated in the Salones de los Once of 1944 and 1953, as well as exhibiting individually at the Sala Parés from 1927. He worked indistinctly in sanguine, engraving, gouache and oil. He held exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid and Paris, and in 1934 he was awarded the Nonell Prize. Also, in 1953 he was awarded the Grand Prize for Water Painting at the Hispano-American Biennial in Havana. Manuel Humbert is the painter of women in interiors of nuanced lighting, dressed, semi-dressed or naked, although always showing a certain modesty, revealing the neat and restrained character of the author. He is currently represented in the National Art Museum of Catalonia, among others, as well as in various private collections.

Lot 134

Estim. 1 000 - 1 200 EUR

RAMÓN CASAS CARBÓ (Barcelona, 1866 - 1932). "La tuberculosi amenaça la vida i la riquesa de Catalunya". Phototype. Advertising poster. Thomas Printing. Signed in plate. The National Museum of Art of Catalonia has a poster of identical characteristics in its collection. Measurements: 105 x 53 cm; 109 x 57,5 cm (frame). Poster announcing the social aid to the tuberculous ones of Barcelona. An outstanding painter and draftsman, Casas began painting as a disciple of Joan Vicens. In 1881 he made his first trip to Paris, where he completed his training at the Carolus Duran and Gervex academies. The following year he participated for the first time in an exhibition at the Sala Parés in Barcelona, and in 1883 he presented a self-portrait at the Salon des Champs Elysées in Paris, which earned him an invitation to become a member of the Salon de la Societé d'Artistes Françaises. He spent the following years traveling and painting between Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and Granada. In 1886, suffering from tuberculosis, he settled in Barcelona to recover. There he came into contact with Santiago Rusiñol, Eugène Carrière and Ignacio Zuloaga. After a trip through Catalonia with Rusiñol in 1889, Casas returned to Paris with his friend. The following year he took part in a group exhibition at the Sala Parés, together with Rusiñol and Clarasó, and in fact the three of them continued to hold joint exhibitions there until Rusiñol's death in 1931. His works at this time are halfway between academicism and French impressionism, in a sort of germ of what would later become Catalan modernism. His fame continued to spread throughout Europe, and he held successful exhibitions in Madrid and Berlin, as well as participating in the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Casas settled permanently in Barcelona, immersed in the modernist environment, although he continued to travel to Paris for the annual salons. He financed the premises that would become a point of reference for the modernists, the café Els Quatre Gats, inaugurated in 1897. Two years later he organized his first individual exhibition at the Sala Parés. While his fame as a painter grew, Casas began to work as a graphic designer, adopting the Art Nouveau style that came to define Catalan Modernism. In the following years his successes followed: he presented two works at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900, won a prize in Munich in 1901, several of his works were included in the permanent exhibition of the Círculo del Liceo, had several international exhibitions and, in 1904, won first prize at the General Exhibition in Madrid. He is represented in the Prado Museum, the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, the Reina Sofia National Museum, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the Museum of Montserrat, the Cau Ferrat in Sitges, the Camón Aznar Museum in Zaragoza and the Contemporary Art Museums of Barcelona and Seville, among many others.

Catalonia-Illustrators. "Els Dolços indrets de Catalunya: col-lecció de dibuixos de Torné Esquius". . Books . Prologue by Joan Maragall. Barcelona, Oliva, 1910. Folio minor landscape. XII + 39 color and b/w plates + 1 h. Illustrated cardboard period, deteriorated. Traces of rust and humidity.

Catalonia-Illustrators. "Els Dolços indrets de Catalunya: col-lecció de dibuixos de Torné Esquius". . Books . Prologue by Joan Maragall. Barcelona, Oliva, 1910. Folio minor landscape. XII + 39 color and b/w plates + 1 h. Illustrated cardboard period, deteriorated. Traces of rust and humidity.

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