JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA Madrid (1886 / 1945) "Masks before the coffin", c.1930
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JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA Madrid (1886 / 1945) "Masks before the coffin", c.1930 Inks on paper Signed in the lower left corner. On the back of the paper with ink pad from the Circle of the Fine Arts and numbering. On the back on the back label of the Biosca Gallery, Madrid Bibliography: -Maria Jose Salazar, "Jose Gutierrez Solana 1886-1945, drawings", Fundacion Botin 2013, p.348 fig.121.I, p. 352 nº122 -Manuel Sanchez Camargo, "Solana, painting and drawings", Madrid, Afrodisio Aguado 1953, rep. p.68 -Luis Alonso Fernandez, "J. Solaba Study and cataloging of his work", Conde Duque Cultural Center, 1985; p.306 nºD.82 -VVAA, "Jose Gutierrez Solana Spanish painter", Madrid Espasa Calpe 1936 (cover) Measurements: Paper: 24.5 x 22 cm

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JOSE GUTIERREZ SOLANA Madrid (1886 / 1945) "Masks before the coffin", c.1930 Inks on paper Signed in the lower left corner. On the back of the paper with ink pad from the Circle of the Fine Arts and numbering. On the back on the back label of the Biosca Gallery, Madrid Bibliography: -Maria Jose Salazar, "Jose Gutierrez Solana 1886-1945, drawings", Fundacion Botin 2013, p.348 fig.121.I, p. 352 nº122 -Manuel Sanchez Camargo, "Solana, painting and drawings", Madrid, Afrodisio Aguado 1953, rep. p.68 -Luis Alonso Fernandez, "J. Solaba Study and cataloging of his work", Conde Duque Cultural Center, 1985; p.306 nºD.82 -VVAA, "Jose Gutierrez Solana Spanish painter", Madrid Espasa Calpe 1936 (cover) Measurements: Paper: 24.5 x 22 cm

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