RAMÓN MIR ESCUDÉ (Barcelona,1887-1973). "Young woman with pamela". Watercolor on paper. Signed. Presents some stains and faults in the frame. Measurements: 35 x 25 cm; 54 x 44 cm (frame). Spanish painter and illustrator. He exhibited in Paris and Barcelona, the two cities in which he resided. He cultivated the painting and the poster art. He specialized in the genre of the costumbrista portrait. The theme of the Manolas, very much in vogue in Spain at the time, was his favorite. Author of stickers for Chocolates Suchard, part of his posters are preserved in the Library of Catalonia, among them the one that advertised the Anís del Taup.

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