15th July - Private Collection II

Lot 1 - Spanish school of the 20th century. Untitled. Oil on cardboard. Without signature. It presents wear and faults in the painting. Measurements: 31 x 42 cm; 47 x 59 cm (frame). With an aesthetic related to Paul Klee's Temple Gardens, the author of this abstract composition turns an urban view into an attractive puzzle game.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 2 - GONZALO PÉREZ ESPOLITA (Avilés,1901-Oviedo,1966). "Fishermen". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 35 x 52 cm; 49 x 66 cm (frame). Gonzalo Perez Espolita was part of the first generations of Asturian art of the twentieth century. He received his first technical classes at the School of Arts and Crafts in Avilés. In 1922, with the arrival in the city of the critic José Francés, a series of exhibitions began that would have great repercussions in Asturian artistic circles. In the same year of 1922, thanks to his participation in the first of these exhibitions, organized by the Society of Friends of Art, the City Council of Avilés granted him a meager scholarship to study at the Special School of Painting (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando) in Madrid. He participated in all the exhibitions promoted by José Francés, including the Exhibition of Asturian Artists that took place in the National Library, organized by the newspaper Heraldo de Madrid, in 1926. He presented his work at the International Painting Exhibition, held under the umbrella of the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona, in 1929. His first individual exhibition was not held until 1944, in the Casino of Avilés. The last part of his life was dedicated to teaching in his studio. Two of his most outstanding commissions are: El descubrimiento, a large canvas for the Asturian Center in Havana, and, around 1940, the frescoes for the church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Villalegre, Avilés.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 3 - RAFAEL ALBERTI (El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, 1902 - 1999). "Flamenco dancer". Oil on wood. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 34 x 24 cm; 48 x 38 cm (frame). Rafael Alberti was a writer and poet belonging to the Generation of 27, considered one of the greatest writers of the so-called Silver Age of Spanish literature. He received numerous awards and recognitions, among them the National Poetry Prize (1925), the Lenin de la Paz (1965), the National Theater Prize (1980), the Cervantes Prize (1983) and the Rome Prize for Literature (1991). He renounced the other great award of Spanish literature, the Prince of Asturias, due to his strong republican convictions. Rafael Alberti's first vocation was painting, but his real discovery of this art took place in 1917, when he moved to Madrid with his family and visited the Prado Museum for the first time. He then made his plastic work known for the first time in 1920, at the Salón de Otoño in Madrid, and two years later he exhibited at the Athenaeum in the same city. His painting was characterized by the fact that it was not his definitive path, since after the death of his father, he began to write his first verses. As a writer, Alberti enjoyed great success from the beginning of his career, but at first his success was linked to artistic prestige, since he was still economically dependent on his family. The new literary magazines accepted and wanted to publish his works. He was also beginning to make friends within the circle that today is known as the Generation of '27. He began to write in a style that was not only more demanding formally, but also allowed him to be more satirical and dramatic. Since then, his life will be opening to what will be the center of his inspiration, poetry, without completely abandoning his pictorial vocation. Among his last works is A la pintura ('On Painting') (1945). They reflect his intellectual activity during his exile, since Alberti returned to painting and began a series of poems to gather his thoughts on painting. A subject to which he continued to devote himself for many years. Among these poems dedicated to painting he wrote a series of sonnets about the retina, the hand, the canvas, the brush, etc.; a series of short poems in free verse about colors; and finally a series of poems in homage to various painters such as Titian, or El Greco among others.

Estim. 600 - 700 EUR

Lot 4 - Spanish school of the last third of the twentieth century. "Flowers". 1974. Oil on canvas glued to board. Signed "J. IBARRA", dated and titled on the back. Measurements: 18 x 23 cm; 32 x 37 cm (frame). Floral composition solved with iridescent and generous brushstrokes in matter and textures, of frayed and curvilinear line, so that developing in successive layers they wrap the still life in a veiled and suggestive aura.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 5 - Spanish school of the mid-twentieth century. Untitled. Watercolor on paper. Signed (illegible) in the lower left corner. Measurements: 20 x 31 cm. Watercolor drawing showing a couple after making love. The author turns us into voyeurs of the intimacy of others, opening however the question about what really happens in the scene.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 6 - ROBERTO DOMINGO FALLOLA (Paris, 1883 - Madrid, 1956). "At the racecourse in Paris". Oil on paper. Signed and located in the lower right corner. The frame has slight flaws. Measurements: 23 x 31 cm; 48 x 57 cm (frame). Domingo began his artistic training in Paris with his father, the painter Francisco Domingo Marqués. There he also knew first hand the French impressionism. In 1906 he moved to Madrid and entered the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts, where he was a disciple of Antonio Muñoz Degraín. He took part in national and foreign exhibitions, obtaining the third medal in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1908, second in the 1910 edition and first in 1915. In 1911 he had a solo exhibition in Rome, at the Fine Arts Pavilion. He also showed his work continuously in several Spanish and London galleries, such as Baillie and Tooth. A costumbrist painter, he specialized in bullfighting themes, which brought him great fame and prestige. His work is characterized by the expressiveness of the stain and the stroke, capturing the reality through a sensitivity that connects with the tradition of Goya, Lucas and Alenza. The spontaneity, fluidity and dynamism of his work is largely due to his ability to memorize reality in his retina and then transfer it to the painting with his own nuance, simplifying the lines and diluting the colors. This vibrant emotion was also appreciated by great international artists of the time, such as John Singer Sargent and Gerald Kelly, who were among his clients. Roberto Domingo is represented in the Prado Museum, the Fine Arts Museum of Granada, the Provincial Museum of Cadiz, the Municipal Museum of Madrid, the Bullfighting Museum of Las Ventas in Madrid, La Maestranza in Seville, Valencia and Viana de Cega (Valladolid), the Drawing Museum of Castillo de Larrés (Huesca) and the Havana and Hemingway Museums of Cuba, among many others.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 7 - FRANCISCO CORTIJO (Seville, 1936- 1996). "Landscape", 1955. Oil on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 48 x 63 cm; 70 x 85 cm (frame). Francisco Cortijo began his training in 1947 at the School of Arts and Crafts in Amor de Dios Street, due to his drawing abilities, Rafael Cantarero, Francisco Manzano, Diego Mollejas and Rafael García Diéguez, were his teachers during this period. Until finally, three years later, he began to study at the School of Fine Arts of Santa Isabel de Hungría, in Seville. His work is characterized by research in portraiture and the capture of the psychological aptitudes of the portrayed. Throughout his artistic production, his pictorial language oscillated between realism and surrealism, generating sometimes, as in this particular case, an image with a great symbolist charge.

Estim. 700 - 800 EUR

Lot 8 - ROLAND FRENZEL (Leipzig, Germany, 1938 - 2004). "Composition". Oil on cardboard. Signed in the upper left corner. It has flaws in the paint and a blow on the left side. The frame has flaws. Measurements: 36 x 51 cm; 57 x 73 cm (frame). Painter and graphic artist, Roland Frenzel sought contact with the artistic environment of Leipzig and learned, among other things, in a self-taught way from 1956. He frequented the circle of painters Walter Bodenthal, Heinz Müller and Emil Koch. He attended classes with Gerhard Max Uhlig (1910 - 1975) and Thomas Weise. Since 1972 he worked as a freelance artist in Leipzig and belonged to its alternative cultural scene. From 1969 onwards he had a large number of solo exhibitions and participations in exhibitions. Currently his work is preserved in the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg, in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig and in the Kunsthalle of the Sparkasse Leipzig.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 9 - Spanish school of the mid-20th century. "Couple". Oil on canvas. Signed "A. Crespo" in the lower right corner. Measurements: 62 x 49 cm; 77 x 65 cm (frame). This work responds to the regionalist current in which painters seek to reflect types and customs of their own land, which make it different and unique, thus claiming their own roots and, above all, the traditions and ways of dressing and behaving of its inhabitants.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 10 - MICHEL COMTE (Zurich, Switzerland, 1954). "Carla Bruni." Photographic print. This lot was auctioned at Christie's in 2008 causing great expectation and selling for a much higher price than expected. Measurements: 26 x 19 cm; 46 x 40 cm (frame). The image was taken by photographer Michel Comte in 1993, when Bruni was a much sought-after model. The office of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Carla Bruni's husband, declined to comment on it. A photographer specializing in portraits of female stars and supermodels, in 1978 Michel Comte began working for international fashion designers. In 1981 he moved to New York, where he began working for Vogue and Vanity Fair. Penelope Cruz, Demi Moore or Carla Bruni are some of the stars immortalized, although he has also dedicated himself to other subjects such as landscape or human rights issues. In a few years, he became one of the most sought-after fashion photographers. His work has been exhibited in important museums such as the Guggenheim in Venice, and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 11 - JOAN GARCÍA-JUNCEDA SUPERVIA (Barcelona, 1881 - Blanes, Girona, 1948). "The hour of reading". Ink on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 17 x 15 cm; 34 x 29 cm (frame). Outstanding cartoonist and illustrator, Joan Junceda was one of the most important cartoonists of the first half of the 20th century in Catalonia. Of Asturian origin through his father's side, he collaborated with most of the publications of his time, both for children and adults, as well as illustrating hundreds of books. He worked with important magazines such as "Cu-Cut!", "Papitu", "Picarol" and, above all, "En Patufet". He also illustrated Josep Maria Folch's "Historietas Ejemplares", first published in the magazine "Esquitx". Another of his most important works for children and young people was "Bon seny", a compilation of ancestral Catalan moral lessons, elaborated by Josep Abril. "Bon seny" contains aphorisms, fables and examples of local humor, based on traditional Catalan Christian values, the famous "seny". Published in Catalan before the Civil War, "Bon seny" was a difficult book to find during the Franco era. Junceda's work, very extensive and very popular, stood out for its expressive success, his extraordinary technical skill and his artistic security, and it reflects the ways of life of the Catalan society of the first decades of the twentieth century, through a great power of synthesis. He used the pseudonyms "Titella", "Jafet", "Ribera", "Medí" and "Papassa", and also signed with the anagram of two jacks joined together to form a shape reminiscent of a musical note. Junceda is currently represented in the Esteban Vicente Museum in Segovia.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 12 - European School of the XX century. "Still life". Oil on canvas. Signed illegibly in the upper right corner. Presents a hole in the canvas. Measurements: 40 x 50 cm; 50 x 60 cm (frame). The painter constructs in this work a simple and naturalistic still life in its composition, worked in tones of baroque inheritance, around ranges of ochre and earthy illuminated by white shades. The elements are arranged on a table and in front of a wall, following the compositions of the great still life painters of the Golden Age, although the workmanship is already clearly modern, blurred and expressive in its outline.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 13 - Spanish school of the 20th century. Untitled. Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. It presents marks of dirt. Measurements: 21 x 26 cm; 34 x 39 cm (frame). Here, the combination of minimal forms and light-bearing colors in themselves suggest the plastic magic of glazes and reverberating reflections.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 14 - GERARDO VERA (1947-2020). "Composition". Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. It has slight stains. With chipping in the frame. Measurements: 31 x 44 cm; 46 x 59 cm (frame). In this composition, with a palette reduced to blue and red ranges, four canvases seem to wave in a circle agitated by the current. This is a genuinely abstract work, although open to suggest dynamic forms. Film director, art director, stage director, set designer and costume designer, Gerardo Vera received two Goyas (best costume design for El amor brujo and best art direction for La niña de tus ojos). He excelled in film and opera, but above all he was a man of the theater.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 15 - GERARDO VERA (1947-2020). "Abstract composition", 1991. Watercolor on paper. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 32 x 42 cm; 43 x 51 cm (frame). Film director, art director, stage director, set designer and costume designer, Gerardo Vera received two Goyas (best costume design for El amor brujo and best art direction for La niña de tus ojos). He excelled in film and opera, but above all he was a man of the theater.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 16 - JOAN PELLICER MONTSENY (Barcelona, 1863-La Escala, 1914). "Character with bowler hat", 1913. Ink and chalk on paper. Signed and dated in the lower central margin. Measurements: 31 x 23 cm; 60 x 51 cm (frame). Juan Pellicer was a Spanish cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator. Pellicer, who was the nephew of the also cartoonist José Luis Pellicer, cultivated the political and social drawing, collaborating in Barcelona publications such as La Campana de Gracia and L'Esquella de la Torratxa. He also illustrated books.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 17 - Spanish school of the first half of the 20th century. "Busts of Basque characters. Pair of circular silver plated brass medallions. In a single frame. Without signature. Measurements: 12 cm (diameter each); 23 x 40 cm (frame). This work responds to the Basque regionalist current in which the painters seek to reflect types and customs of their land, which make it different and unique, thus claiming their own roots and, above all, the traditions and ways of dressing and behaving of its inhabitants.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 18 - LOUIS-ÉDOUARD GARRIDO (1893-1982). "Field with cows". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 32 x 45 cm; 48 x 61 cm (frame). Louis-Édouard Garrido was a French painter, son of the Spanish artist León Eduardo Garrido. Settled in Normandy, Louis-Édouard Garrido painted magnificent landscapes in the Saint-Vaast area, as well as portraits and still lifes. The artist was director of the School of Fine Arts in Caen (Normandy), as well as curator of the Museum of Fine Arts in Caen. Louis-Édouard Garrido was also president of the association of artists of Basse-Normandie.

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 19 - Spanish school of the second half of the twentieth century. "Abstract landscape". Acrylic on canvas. Signed illegibly in the lower right corner. Measurements: 65 x 80 cm; 78 x 93 cm (frame). Painting in which the artist has used different procedures to apply the color, from which a great diversity of textures, incisions, densities and superimpositions is acquired. The basic geometry is metaphorically decomposed by the influx of multidirectional forces.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 20 - Italian school, first third of the 20th century. After ANTOINE BOUVARD (Paris, 1870-1955). "Venice".1927. Oil on canvas. Signed "Fortessi-Zoarraffe" and dated. It has two patches on the back. Measurements: 54 x 37 cm; 63 x 46 cm (frame). This painting is inspired by a Venetian view by Antoine Bouvard. In it a peaceful corner of the city appears represented, offering an original framing and far from the postcard views to which we are accustomed to the Venetian "veduti". The canal runs silently between narrow streets with brick walls, connected by a small iron bridge. The yellowish whitewash and tile tones dominate the facades, reverberating on the blue of the water and intermingling with it. Antoine Bouvard studied in Paris and was influenced by the well-known French artist Félix Ziem. After completing his studies, he went to the south of France, where he painted several landscapes. He later moved to Venice, where he spent most of his life. He is best known for his numerous views of Venice and its canals. He sometimes painted under the name Marc Aldine. His paintings are in collections around the world, including in Japan and the United States. Bouvard had a son, Noel Bouvard, who also painted views of Venice, born in 1912.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 21 - Spanish school of the 20th century. "Composition with dove". Oil on paper. Signed illegibly in the lower right corner. Measurements: 56 x 48 cm; 58 x 50 cm (frame). In this work the author captures a motley composition, composed of different objects (an open book, a vase and a bottle, among other things) and a dove. The author focuses on the chromatic work, looking for the harmony of blue and white tones.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 22 - ANA JUAN (Valencia, 1961). "Pastelera". Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed in the upper left corner. Measurements: 31 x 22 cm; 48 x 41,5 cm (frame). Ana Juan is a Spanish illustrator who received the National Illustration Award in 2010. She has collaborated with the magazine La Luna de Madrid and Madriz. In 1988 she had her first solo exhibition at the Notuno Gallery in Geneva. For two consecutive years (1998 and 1999), he won the Gold Medal in the illustration category of the Society of Newspaper Design. In 2001 he published his books Amantes (1000editions) and Snowhite (Edicions de Ponent). He has exhibited his work in Madrid, New York, Geneva, Tokyo and Bologna, among other cities.

Estim. 300 - 350 EUR

Lot 23 - ACHILLE GASTON MARCHAL (France, 1874 - early 20th century). "House by the sea", 1923. Oil on cardboard. Signed in the lower right corner. The frame has some flaws. Measurements: 25 x 32 cm; 38 x 46 cm (frame). Achille Gaston Marchal was a student of the School of Fine Arts. He exhibited at the Salon de la Nationale des Beaux. Artist who has painted especially the landscapes of Seine-et-Marne as evidenced by the collections of the Departmental Museum of Sceaux.

Estim. 300 - 350 EUR

Lot 24 - Spanish school of the 20th century. Untitled. Acrylic on cardboard. Signed "H. P" in the lower right corner. Measurements: 31 x 24 cm; 45 x 38 cm (frame). Abstract painting on cardboard representing a cartography of sinuous lines, like irregular paths that cross a white field. It also suggests a cracked mosaic in aesthetic fissures.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 25 - EMILIO FERRAZ REVENGA (Valencia, active at the beginning of the 20th century). "Cat in the water" or "In the soup". Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 21 x 19 cm; 36 x 34 cm (frame). Painter and writer, Ferraz Revenga was author of lyrics for zarzuelas. He was also co-author with Antonio Ramos Martín of "Lo Que va de Ayer a Hoy!" and "Abejas y Zánganos". He wrote for Saturnino Calleja's "Pinocho" masthead. He collaborated in the Noticiero de Soria for which he wrote stories for children.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 26 - Spanish school of the 20th century. "Floreros". Watercolor on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 39 x 29 cm; 61 x 50 cm (frame). In this work the author uses a language of post-impressionist heritage to address a traditional theme in art since the Baroque, the painting of flowers. However, the approach to the subject is totally modern; the space disappears, the vase becomes a stain of color and the flowers constitute an exhibition of light and color contained by a blurred stroke.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 27 - Spanish school of the late nineteenth century-early twentieth century. "Landscape". Oil on panel. Signed illegibly in the lower right corner. Measurements: 8 x 15 cm; 23 x 30 cm (frame). In this canvas the author is heir to the Spanish landscape school of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, both in the way of approaching the landscape, through a look that seeks to be as objective as possible, as in the chosen place itself, a close and everyday nature, away from the scenery and idealizations of other schools.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 28 - JOSÉ ORTIZ INFIESTA (Seville, 1865-¿). "Militares", ca. 1920. Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed. Presents some lack and folds in the paper. Measurements: 14 x 9 cm (each); 21,5 x 30,5 cm (passe-partout). José Ortiz was the creator of the character Cerebrino Mandri. He drew with the Ortiz signature in Madrid magazines such as "Pancho Kolate" or "Cholín", of Casa Editorial Miguel Albero.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 29 - VICENTE SEGURA (Morocco, 1930-2015). "Tetouan". Watercolor on paper. Signed and located in the lower right corner. Measurements: 14 x 19 cm; 26 x 31 cm (frame). Vicente Segura moved to Madrid at the age of 18 because his family was of Spanish descent. In the Spanish capital he was a disciple of Bertuchi at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 30 - Spanish school of the 20th century. "Young man climbing a tree". Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 9.5 x 7.5 cm; 27.5 x 25.5 cm (frame). This drawing of naïf aesthetics shows a child climbed to the branch of a robust tree. It is a calm composition in which the child eats one of the fruits provided by nature.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 31 - JOSÉ SIMONT GUILLÉN (Barcelona, 1875 - Caracas, 1968). "Seamstress". Pencil drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. The paper has a slight tear in the lower right corner and some stains. Measurements: 16 x 13 cm; 35 x 29 cm (frame). Drawer, José Simont was formed in the School of the Fish market of Barcelona with Ramón Martí Alsina, and travels to Paris at the age of twenty-two years. There he collaborated with publications such as "La Croix", "Le monde illustré", "La femme et le monde" and, above all, "La Illustration" (between 1901 and 1921 and 1932 and 1945). For his support of the Allied cause in World War I, he was awarded the Legion of Honor. He also participated with illustrations in other European magazines such as "Illustrated London news" and "Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung". He always lived in Paris, except for the period he spent working in New York, between 1921 and 1932. He returned to Barcelona in 1947 and exhibited at the Syra galleries in 1951 and again in 1958.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 32 - ORBEGOZO (Aranjuez, Madrid, 1908 - Madrid, 1995). "Couple at the Puerta del Sol". Humorous ink and watercolor drawing on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. Presents some damage to the paper. Measurements: 19 x 16 cm; 32,5 x 26,5 cm (frame). Pharmacist by training, soon Antonio Orbegozo Urruela made his debut in the weekly "Buen Humor". Later he collaborated with other publications such as "Blanco y Negro", "Bromas y Veras", "Gracia y Justicia" and in "Gutierrez". He won the first prize in the Salón de Humoristas of 1935. During the Civil War he drew posters and collaborated in La Trinchera/La Ametralladora. After the Civil War he was one of the founders of the newspaper Marca, dedicating himself to jokes and sports cartoons. He also drew cartoons in the newspaper "Arriba" and collaborated in Radio Nacional de España and Agencia Logos.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 33 - Spanish school of the mid-20th century. "Coastal landscape with lighthouse". Oil on panel. Measurements: 14 x 19.5 cm; 27 x 35 cm (frame). Of great detail, this oil painting is determined by its loose and impastoed execution that reflects the atmospheric values of a fleeting and unrepeatable moment.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 34 - Spanish school of the mid-twentieth century. "Young lady". Oil on táblex. Signed illegibly in the lower right corner. Presents some lack in the wood. Measurements: 29,5 x 22 cm. The artist of this work captures an image marked by a great delicacy and a sober distinction. It represents a young woman in sorrow looking towards a point outside the viewer. The vaporous atmosphere, added to the whitish tones of both the dress and the background, provide a powerful poetic charge to the work.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 35 - Spanish school of the 20th century. "Scene from Manon Lescaut". Ink and gouache on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 20 x 24 cm; 37,5 x 41,5 cm (frame). In this drawing García Pablos immortalizes a scene from Manon Lescaut, an opera in four acts with music by Giacomo Puccini and libretto in Italian written successively by several people: Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Domenico Oliva, Marco Praga, Giuseppe Giacosa, Luigi Illica, Puccini and Giulio Ricordi. It is based on the play L'historie du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut (1731) by Abbe Prévost, which was also the inspiration for the opera Manon by Jules Massenet.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 36 - BARON DE WILKINSON (active in Spain, first half of the 20th century). "Young Andalusian girl", 1925. Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 25 x 16 cm; 32 x 22 cm (frame). An artist active in the first half of the twentieth century, Jacob Baron de Wilkinson collaborated as a draftsman and illustrator with leading firms of the time as Myrurgia.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 37 - BARON DE WILKINSON (active in Spain, first half of the 20th century). "Shepherdess," 1925. Watercolor on paper. Signed with initials and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 24 x 16 cm; 38 x 29 cm (frame). An artist active in the first half of the 20th century, Jacob Baron de Wilkinson collaborated as a draftsman and illustrator with prominent firms of the time such as Myrurgia.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 38 - REGINO PRADILLO LOZANO (Guadalajara, 1925-1991). "Landscape. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 29 x 77 cm; 43 x 91 cm (frame). Regino Pradillo was formed in Fine Arts in the Academy of San Fernando and was professor of Institute and Director of the Spanish Lyceum in Paris. In his long career he exhibited in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Zaragoza, Alicante, Oviedo, Guadalajara, Paris, Clermont-Ferrand, Bordeaux, Geneva, Lausanne, London, Brussels, Lisbon, Bonn and Monte Carlo, among other important cities. Currently his work is kept in the Musée de l'UNESCO, Paris (France), in the Musée de Saint-Cloud (France), in the Musée Oulmont de Pontoise (France), in the House of Goya, Bordeaux (France), in the Palace of Belem, Lisbon (Portugal), in the Diocesan Museum of Sigüenza (Spain), in the Casa de España, Paris (France), in the Palacio de Belem, Lisbon (Portugal), in the Diocesan Museum of Sigüenza (Spain), in the Casa de España, Paris (Spain), in the Diocesan Museum of Sigüenza (Spain), at the Casa de España, Paris (France), at the Musée Galliera, Paris (France), at the Institut de France, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris (France), at the Rudolf Arbella Collection (Sweden), at the Obra Cultural Caja Madrid and Caja Guadalajara.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 39 - VICENTE SANTA OLARIA (1886- 1967). "Fisherman". Pencil drawing on paper. Signed with testamentary seal in the lower right corner. Measurements: 18 x 10 cm; 44 x 36 cm (frame). Vicente Santa Olaria was a Spanish painter disciple of Sorolla who carried out almost all his artistic career in France.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 40 - RAMÓN ESCALER ULLASTRE (1862-1893). "Poster gluer". Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 22 x 15 cm; 38 x 30 cm (frame). Catalan cartoonist pioneer in Spain in the use of rudimentary sandwiches in his cartoons, Ramón Escaler collaborated in Barcelona cómica and La Semana Cómica. He illustrated an edition of Byron's Don Juan.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 41 - ALFONSO RODRÍGUEZ CASTELAO (Rianxo, A Coruña, 1886 - Buenos Aires, 1950). "Non soñan máis que cando durmen". Mixed media on board. Without signature. Measurements: 15 x 16 cm; 33 x 34 cm (frame). Painter, engraver and draftsman, Alfonso Castelao collaborated as a caricaturist with various publications, and made known his pictorial work through the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, being awarded the third medal in 1915. He also held individual exhibitions. In his work he depicts a dramatic and rural Galicia, through landscapes and portraits charged with a deep psychological, social and even political sense. He is currently represented in the museum that bears his name in Ferrol and in the museum of Pontevedra, among other public and private collections.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 42 - JUAN IGNACIO CÁRDENAS (Madrid, 1928-1993). Untitled. Ink drawing on paper. Without signature. Measurements: 19 x 12 cm; 32 x 24 cm (frame). Painter, sculptor, engraver and ceramist, Juan Ignacio Cárdenas studied architecture in Madrid and attended the School of Arts and Crafts of Madrid, where he is a student of Angel Ferrant. He held his first solo exhibition at the Ateneo de Madrid in 1959. His language is inserted in the neo-figurative tendencies of the sixties that derives in its evolution towards a post-surrealism characterized by its narrative intention. In his last period he was interested in the theme of bullfighting.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 43 - Spanish school of the mid-twentieth century. "Caricatured character". Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed "Tete" in the lower left corner. Presents foxing. Measurements: 24 x 15 cm; 32 x 24 cm (frame). In this drawing on paper the author starts from a realistic language, although the distortion of the anatomy and the saturation of the forms give way to a portrait conceived as a caricature.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 44 - Catalan school of the 20th century. "Cavall i cavaller". Ink on four porcelain tiles in a single frame. Signed illegibly and titled in the lower right corner. It shows wear and some slight restoration. Measurements: 29,5 x 29,5 cm; 32 x 32 cm (frame). Flat colors and geometric shapes create a completely avant-garde and innovative composition. With a certain cubist air, the artist of this work brings us closer to the figure of a smiling knight on the back of his horse.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 45 - LUIS BAGARÍA BOU (Barcelona, 1882- Havana, 1940). "Bombero-romanones". Humorous cartoon. Ink on paper. Without signature. Measurements: 26 x 17 cm; 42 x 35 cm (frame). Luis Bagaría is considered one of the main Spanish caricaturists of the first half of the 20th century. He renewed the genre by his synthetic and expressive strokes and published in the Catalan press (until 1912 with La Vanguardia) and Madrid (until 1936 with La Tribuna, España and El Sol).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 46 - RAMÓN PUYOL ROMÁN (Algeciras, 1907-1981). Figures, 1925. Six drawings in a single frame. Watercolor on paper. Signed in the central part. Measurements: 41 x 28 cm.(passpartout); 55 x 42 cm.(frame). Ramón Puyol Román was a Spanish painter and scenographer. He was the author of the poster for the Republican side that contained the phrase "No pasarán", that Dolores Ibárruri had pronounced in one of her famous speeches at the beginning of the Civil War. As a young man he traveled to Madrid where he entered the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he met the most important artists of his time (Lorca, Alberti), lived and worked in Paris, Moscow and Rome. He worked on the scenographies of several important plays such as La Chinche, by Vladimir Maiakovski. He made numerous illustrations for all kinds of literary works and collaborated with the communist press (Mundo Obrero, Frente Rojo...). In 1933 he won the gold medal at the National Exhibition of Painting. In 1937 he painted the mural of the Second Spanish Republic at the International Exhibition in Paris, he also took to Paris numerous lithographs used in the Republican propaganda and outstanding posters of the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. At the end of the war he was imprisoned and after two death sentences that were not carried out, he was sentenced to hard labor in the restoration of frescoes in El Escorial and the Royal Palace of Madrid; when he was released he had to subsist painting doors until he again got a job in the magazine La Móvil.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 47 - Catalan school of the mid-20th century. "L'organillera". Painting on four tiles in a single frame. Signed illegibly and titled in the lower right corner. It presents some faults. Measurements: 30 x 30 cm; 32 x 32 cm (frame). Flat colors and geometric shapes create a completely avant-garde and innovative composition. With a certain cubist and abstract air, the artist of this work evokes the figure of an organ grinder.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 48 - JOAN LLAVERÍAS LABRÓ (Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, 1865 - Lloret de Mar, Girona, 1938). "El gall". Ink drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. The frame has some chipping. Measurements: 14,5 x 22,5 cm; 29 x 34 cm (frame). Painter and draftsman, Llaverías studied at the School of Fine Arts of Barcelona. Founder of the Center of Watercolorists of Barcelona, he held exhibitions and participated in artistic contests of diverse importance, such as the Official Exhibition of Barcelona in 1894. As an illustrator, he was one of the most brilliant of the Catalan modernist period, having collaborated in newspapers and weeklies such as "Cucut" or "Patufet". He illustrated some of the works of Josep María Folch i Torres and was the teacher of the illustrator Lola Anglada.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 49 - ANDRÉS ROZAS VILAR (Spain, 20th century). "Female figures". Oil on canvas adhered to cardboard. Signed in the upper left corner. Measurements: 13 x 20 cm; 24 x 33,5 cm (frame). Landscape painter of impressionist heritage, Rozas Vilar works outdoors, facing the work with fresh and spontaneous brushstrokes, on a composition however firm and meditated. He has participated in several outdoor painting competitions, being recognized on several occasions.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 50 - Spanish school of the first half of the 20th century. "Character with pipe". Caricatured drawing. Watercolor on paper. Without signature. Measurements: 22 x 20 cm; 40 x 37,5 cm (frame). In this portrait the author starts from a realistic language, although the distortion of the anatomy and the saturation of the forms give way to a character conceived as a caricature.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 51 - Spanish school of the 20th century. "Garden". Oil on canvas. No visible signature. It has slight flaws in the painting. Measurements: 26 x 34 cm; 39 x 47 cm (frame). The painter offers us a serene landscape. The artist uses a light and fast technique, which allows him to sketch, before drawing with precision, the trees and the road and to concentrate, especially, in the atmosphere. Soft orange tones, intermingled with the blue of the sky, evoke a calm summer afternoon.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 52 - Spanish school of the XIX century. "Landscape". Oil on canvas adhered to board. Without signature. Measurements: 27 x 17 cm; 38 x 28 cm (frame). The painter of this autumn landscape concentrates on the play of light and shadow, perfectly reflecting the morning light that bathes the scene. The absence of figures and the palette used give the canvas a sense of calm and tranquility.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 53 - ANTONIO ESCOBAR (Madrid, 1952). "Landscape. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 16 x 22 cm; 38 x 43 cm (frame). Antonio Escobar studied Fine Arts at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid. He continued his training in New York at the Pratt Graphics Center in 1978 with a scholarship from the North American Hispanic Committee for Educational and Cultural Affairs to study engraving. Since 1971 he has exhibited in galleries in Madrid, New York, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Florence, Santander, Hamburg and Suzhou (China).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 54 - JOAQUIN XAUDARÓ Y ECHAU (Vigan, Philippines, 1872 - Madrid, 1933). "Conversing with the painter". Ink on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 15 x 21 cm; 24 x 30 cm (frame). Cartoonist, illustrator and caricaturist, Joaquín Xaudaró was famous for his drawings about the new technologies of his time, and his style establishes a connection between 19th and 20th century illustration. Educated in Paris and London, he began his career drawing for "Madrid Cómico", "La Saeta", "Gedeón" and "Barcelona Cómica", occasionally using the pseudonym J. O'Raduax. Between 1907 and 1914 he also drew for the Parisian newspaper "Le Rire". In the following years he collaborated with "Blanco y negro" and "ABC", in Madrid, achieving special fame in the latter newspaper thanks to a small dog known as "perrito de Xaudaró". As a book illustrator he collaborated with French and Spanish publishers, and between 1917 and 1930 he made three cartoon films. His success was such that several collections were published with his illustrations. He also worked as a set designer.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 55 - GAIETÀ CORNET PALAU (Barcelona, 1878 - 1945). "Clowns". Ink and colored pencil on paper. Signed in the lower left corner. Measurements: 21 x 11 cm; 30 x 24 cm (frame). Cartoonist, cartoonist and engineer, he was formed artistically in the Borrell Academy. Belonging to the pre-novecentista group "El rovell de l'ou", he collaborated with the most important publications of Barcelona at the time. He always favored political caricature, and was also one of the most appreciated children's cartoonists.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 56 - Spanish school of the late 19th century - beginning of the 20th century. "Roofs". Oil on canvas adhered to board. Unsigned. Measurements: 25 x 33 cm; 37 x 44 cm (frame). In this canvas adhered to board the author uses a realistic language to reflect a picturesque image of a village, captured from a high floor. The author does not seek a specific scenography, nor does he seek to capture a lyrical image; he only captures the essence of what he sees, reflecting the myriad of tones, lights, details and volumes that make up the urban space.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 57 - Catalan school of the 20th century. "Characters in profile". Two mixed media caricatures on paper in a single frame. Signed with anagram. Measurements: 23 x 15 cm (each); 37 x 42 cm (frame). Pair of portraits on paper. It should be noted that the author starts from a realistic language, although the distortion of the anatomy and the saturation of the forms give way to a portrait conceived as a caricature.

Estim. 200 - 250 EUR

Lot 58 - FEDERICO RIBAS MONTENEGRO (Vigo, 1890 - Madrid, 1952). "In the café". Charcoal on paper. Signed with initials in the lower left corner. The frame is damaged. Measurements: 14 x 14 cm; 29 x 29 cm (frame). Draughtsman and publicist, Federico Ribas established the bases of the Spanish publicity with his announcements and posters of the industry of perfumery Gal, realized from 1916. At the age of seventeen the artist traveled to Argentina where he began to work as a brush painter until he finally managed to publish his own drawings in newspapers and magazines of great social relevance. Years later he returned to Europe, where he began to live in Paris, a stay that he decided to abandon due to the situation caused by the Great War. He returned to Spain and settled in Madrid in 1916. Ribas Montenegro worked at the beginning of the century for the most important magazines and publishing houses of the time in Madrid and Paris, charging up to 250 dollars for a woman's head for the "Pictorial Review" of New York at the end of the 1920s. With the outbreak of the Civil War she would leave for Argentina, where she continued to work and hold exhibitions, she collaborated with local magazines and also with anti-Francoist newspapers such as "España Republicana". At the end of 1949 he returned to Spain and died three years later.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 59 - Spanish school of the first half of the 20th century. "Caricature of the actors Pedro Zorrilla and Adela Carbone". Ink and color on paper. Signed in the lower left corner and titled in the lower right area. It has a slight lack on one side. Measurements: 7,5 x 11,5 cm; 23,5 x 27,5 cm (frame). In this composition the theater actors Pedro Zorrilla (known for his role in El rey de la serranía (1918), Deuda pagada (1916) and La dicha ajena (1917) and Adela Carbone (1890-1960) are immortalized in a humorous way.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 60 - Spanish school of the first half of the 20th century. "Mountain landscape", 1941. Oil on cardboard. Signed "Murillo" and dated on the back. It has some flaws in the painting. Measurements: 9 x 16 cm; 21 x 27 cm (frame). In this canvas the author is heir to the Spanish landscape school of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, both in the way of approaching the landscape, through a look that seeks to be as objective as possible, as in the chosen place itself, a close and everyday nature, away from the scenery and idealizations of other schools.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 61 - GUILLERMO VARGAS RUIZ (Bollullos de la Mitación, Seville, 1910 - Madrid, 1990). "Garden (El Retiro)", 1983. Oil on táblex. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It has some flaws in the frame. Measurements: 16 x 27 cm; 31 x 42 cm (frame). Vargas Ruiz was a painter and engraver. He began his training at the School of Arts and Crafts of Seville, to complete his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he entered in 1934. He broadened his knowledge in the United States, thanks to a pension from the Diputación de Sevilla. In 1969 he was appointed professor at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he had been teaching since 1964. He held several exhibitions in Madrid, Bilbao, Cordoba, Seville, Salamanca, Valladolid, Barcelona and Valencia. In 1945 he was awarded the prize for painting in the National Competitions. He took part in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, being awarded the third medal in 1948 and the second in 1952. In 1960 he was awarded the prize of the Diputación de Sevilla, in 1961 the gold medal of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, in 1962 the prize of the Diputación de La Coruña, in 1964 the pension of the Fundación March, and in 1972 the medal of honor of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría, in the Autumn Exhibition of Seville. He is represented in the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid, the Provincial Museums of Jaén, Huelva and La Coruña, the Municipal Museum of Madrid, the Provincial Council of Navarra, the Provincial Council of Seville and the Camón Aznar Museum of Zaragoza, among other centers.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 62 - EMILI FERRER I ESPEL (Barcelona, 1899-1970). "Mexican night". Watercolor on paper. Signed in the upper right corner. Measurements: 29 x 34 cm; 45 x 50 cm (frame). Drawer and illustrator, Emili Ferrer studied at the Escola d'Art de Barcelona. From a very young age he collaborated in the first advertising agency that was created in Barcelona and, later, in Madrid agencies, being a faithful collaborator of Pedro Prat Gaballí. He participated in the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris (1925), obtaining a Silver Medal. Co-founder of Klaxon (1930). Participated in the pavilion of the Spanish Republic (Paris, 1937). Main illustrator of the Barcelona magazine D'Ací i d'Allà (1918), he also worked in the Madrid newspapers El Sol, La Voz, ABC, El Hogar y la Moda, La Esfera, La Gaceta Literaria, La Veu de Catalunya and Blanco y Negro. Bibl.: A. Cirici, "Emili Ferrer", in Serra d'Or (1974), pp. 459-452; J. Cuadrado, Atlas español de la cultura popular. De la Historieta y su uso, 1873-2000, Madrid, Ediciones Sinsentido. Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, 2000.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 63 - Spanish school of the 20th century. "Dancer". Charcoal on tracing paper. Signed "Escudero" in the lower right corner. It does not preserve the glass. The frame is missing. Measurements: 29 x 19 cm; 40 x 30 cm (frame). A synthetic but tremendously expressive stroke defines a male figure in movement.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 64 - Attributed to RICARDO OPISSO I SALA (Tarragona, 1880 - Barcelona, 1966). "Christmas Market". Ink and chalk on paper. Partially lost signature in the lower right corner. Presents tears on the sides. Measurements: 20 x 16 cm; 37 x 31 cm (frame). Opisso was a painter, draftsman and cartoonist. In his youth he participated in the modernist environment of Barcelona, and in fact in 1894 he began to work as an apprentice with Antoni Gaudí in the works of the Sagrada Familia. Two years later, backed by the architect, he became a member of the Círculo Artístico de Sant Lluc, with whom he would later exhibit in the Sala Parés. He was linked to the group Els Quatre Gats, together with Ramón Casas, Manuel Hugué, Isidre Nonell and Pablo Picasso, among others. In 1901 he made a trip to Paris, where Picasso and Hugué were already there. He worked as an illustrator in publications such as "Cu-cut!" and "L'Esquella de la Torratxa", signing drawings oriented to political satire, in a style close to art nouveau. In 1907 he took part in the Fine Arts Exhibition in Barcelona, and received a third class medal. Due to the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera, Opisso abandoned political satire and his drawings approached the costumbrista theme, specializing in popular scenes. His works of this period are characterized by presenting motley crowds in popular Barcelona scenes. After having exhibited several times in succession at the Sala Parés, he held his first individual exhibition in 1935, at the Syra galleries in Barcelona. During the post-war period he continued to exhibit in various galleries in Barcelona, and reaped great success with both critics and the public. In 1953 he received the recognition of his hometown in the IV Art Fair of Tarragona. During his early years, apart from his surname, Opisso also used to sign his work with an "O" for Opisso, which contains the "R" of his name. Most of his work is preserved in the Opisso Museum in Barcelona, but it is also present in the National Art Museum of Catalonia and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Strasbourg. As for exhibitions, the one held at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in 2004, under the title "Catalan painting, from naturalism to noucentisme", in which his work "Carnival" was exhibited, stands out. Likewise, the Saló del Tinell (1979), the Palau de la Virreina (1980), the Salón Náutico Internacional de Barcelona (1973), the Fundació La Caixa (1988, 2004, 2008) and the Caixa Tarragona (2003) have dedicated anthological exhibitions to him.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 65 - Spanish school of the first half of the 20th century. "Coralito". Watercolor on paper. Signed "Aurelio" in the lower right corner and in the upper left corner. It has some damage. Measurements: 27 x 21 cm; 37 x 31 cm (passe-partout). In this paper we can appreciate the stylistic and conceptual affiliation with Art Deco, in vogue in the avant-garde of the 20's, although without reaching the schematic simplification of the exponents of this artistic movement. The facial features disappear and yet we seem to capture the character of Coralito, the Andalusian represented.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 66 - MARIANO BARBASÁN LAGUERUELA (Zaragoza, 1864 - 1924). "Humoristic drawing". Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed at the bottom center. Measurements: 11,5 x 7,5 cm; 28,5 x 23 cm (frame). Mariano Barbasán began his training at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Valencia between 1880 and 1887, and there he maintained a close relationship with his fellow students Joaquín Sorolla and Salvador Abril. In 1887 he moved to Madrid to see the collections of the Prado Museum, and that same year he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. At this time he made his first paintings, small format paintings of theatrical and historical themes, mainly set in Toledo. In fact, during this period he travels assiduously to that city, studying its landscapes and architectures. In 1889 he obtained a pension from the Diputación de Zaragoza to complete his studies in Rome. Finally he decided to stay in Italy permanently. He opened a studio in Rome, but for long periods he worked in Subiaco, in the Roman countryside. At the age of fifty-seven he returned to Spain to take up a position at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Luis in Zaragoza. Thanks to his contacts with English and German dealers, his work spread rapidly throughout Europe. He exhibited repeatedly in Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Montevideo. In his native city an anthological exhibition was held in 1923, at the Centro Mercantil, and another posthumous one took place at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Madrid, in 1925. Although he initially painted some historical works, Barbasán mainly cultivated landscape painting and scenes of rural life. His style, colorful and of great luminosity, is above all realistic, with a certain influence of impressionism (mainly Italian pre-impressionism) and the work of Fortuny. Works by Mariano Barbasán can be found in the Prado Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, the Provincial Museum of Zaragoza, the Museum of Modern Art in Rome, and the Fine Arts Museums of St. Petersburg, Munich, Warsaw, Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro, among others.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 67 - Catalan school of the 20th century. "Landscape of Roses", 1951. Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 25 x 34 cm; 49 x 59 cm (frame). The author of this work observes and paints from life, using a watery but expressive brushstroke.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 68 - Spanish school of the 20th century. Untitled. 1955. Mixed media on paper. Signed "REINO" and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 9 x 15 cm; 30 x 37 cm (frame). Abstract composition dated in the middle of the twentieth century. It is ascribed to the lyrical current of abstraction, in the wake of Kandinsky and his search for the spiritual in art. This suggestive composition suggests the idea of synesthesia and musicality of color and linear framework.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 69 - Set of six early 20th century French postcards. "L'amour de Pierrot", "Un faune", "Tete de mort", "Abdul Hamid", "Un rové" and "Mephisto". Measurements: 13 x 8 cm (each); 44 x 43 cm (frame). These postcards with optical illusions of French origin are distinguished by their monstrous and metamorphosed character.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 70 - French school of the mid-twentieth century. Untitled. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower left corner (illegible). Presents faults in the frame. Measurements: 46 x 35 cm; 60 x 52 cm (frame). Abstract composition in oil, in the wake of the lyrical abstraction of the avant-garde. The patchwork of color fields cut in different forms and textures gathers a palette of warm tones from the yellow, green and blue primaries.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 71 - EMILI FERRER I ESPEL (Barcelona, 1899-1970). "Boats on the beach". 1920. Watercolor and ink on paper. Signed and dated in the left margin. Measurements: 28 x 44 cm; 36 x 53 cm (frame). Drawer and illustrator, Emili Ferrer studied at the Escola d'Art de Barcelona. From a very young age he collaborated in the first advertising agency that was created in Barcelona and, later, in Madrid agencies, being a faithful collaborator of Pedro Prat Gaballí. He participated in the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris (1925), obtaining a Silver Medal. Co-founder of Klaxon (1930). Participated in the pavilion of the Spanish Republic (Paris, 1937). Main illustrator of the Barcelona magazine D'Ací i d'Allà (1918), he also worked in the Madrid newspapers El Sol, La Voz, ABC, El Hogar y la Moda, La Esfera, La Gaceta Literaria, La Veu de Catalunya and Blanco y Negro. Bibl.: A. Cirici, "Emili Ferrer", in Serra d'Or (1974), pp. 459-452; J. Cuadrado, Atlas español de la cultura popular. De la Historieta y su uso, 1873-2000, Madrid, Ediciones Sinsentido. Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez, 2000.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 72 - JUAN ESPLANDIÚ (Madrid, 1901-1978). "The nanny". Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. It has some faults. Measurements: 15,5 x 12,5 cm; 34 x 30 cm (frame). Juan Esplandiú was a painter trained at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Thanks to a scholarship, he went to Paris in 1925, where he was able to further his studies and met and befriended Salvador Dalí, Pancho Cossío and the members of the "School of Paris". In addition to his artistic career, he collaborated in various magazines (Buen Humor, Blanco y Negro, etc.), illustrated several books, and worked as a set designer for several films. His work has been exhibited in Madrid, Barcelona, etc., and is preserved in various private collections and institutions such as the Municipal Museum of Madrid, the Biosca Gallery collection, the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art (now the Reina Sofia National Museum) in Madrid, etc.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 73 - French school of the mid-20th century. "Interior". Oil on canvas adhered to cardboard. Signed "Marquet" in the lower right corner. Measurements: 35 x 25 cm; 56 x 45 cm (frame). In the present work an interior is shown through a figurative aesthetic where the abstraction and the purity of the forms are very present, usual and characteristic element of the French school of the first half of the XX century. The author captures the scene with a fine avant-garde vision that stands out for a certain elegance and intimacy transmitted through a series of subtle variations in volumes, lines and tonalities.

Estim. 500 - 800 EUR

Lot 74 - STELLA MERTENS (Belgium, 1896- 1986). Untitled, 1924. Oil on panel. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. The frame has some flaws. Measurements: 33 x 40 cm; 54 x 60 cm (frame). Stella Mertens was born in Brussels (Belgium) in 1896. However, Paris is her home since 1916. There she lived with her husband, also an artist, who was her mentor and harshest critic. In the last thirty years, her paintings have been exhibited in France, the United States and Denmark. Her studio was located on the boulevard Pereire in Paris and her home in Antibes.

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 75 - French school of the mid-twentieth century. "Les heures se suivent". Mixed media on paper. Measurements: 45 x 33 cm; 62 x 50 cm (frame). Work on paper representing an allegory on the ages of women and the passage of time, as a contemporary vanitas. A clock with Roman numeration hosts three women's bodies. The three colors (pink, blue and black) convey metaphors linked respectively to the flowering of youth, the mellowness of maturity and the existential withdrawal of the last stage.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 76 - Peruvian school of the XX century. "Andean characters". Pencil drawings on two sheets of paper. In a single frame. Without signature. Measurements: 26 x 20 cm. each; 39 x 53 cm.(frame). Pencil drawings representing Andean characters (men with ponchos and hats, dancing in pairs or solitary in melancholic attitudes, playing the guitar, etc.) and fragments of Peruvian or Bolivian landscape with lamas.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 77 - Spanish school of the mid-twentieth century Composition with fruits, 1945. Oil on panel. Signed (illegible) and dated in the upper left corner. Presents damages in the frame. Measurements: 25 x 35 cm; 49 x 54 cm (frame). Still life resolved in a postimpressionist technique, but with a palette of baroque resonances, chiaroscuro. The pieces of fruit occupy a large part of the frame, oversizing and revealing the velvety quality of its contours.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 78 - Spanish school, second third of the 20th century. "Characters". 1962. Mixed media on paper. Signed "Gimeno" and dated on the right side. Presents the broken glass. Measurements: 25 x 47 cm; 50 x 72 cm (frame). In this painting on paper a group of peasants and fishermen are represented in a synthetic way, whose profession we recognize by the shoals of fish that accompany them. The author practices a modern concept of figuration, outlining the contours of the characters as if they were cut silhouettes.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 79 - Spanish school of the second half of the 20th century "Houses", 1960. Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed (illegible) and dated in the upper left corner. Shows wear on the passpartout. Unframed. Measurements: 31.5 x 50 cm; 43 x 60 cm (passpartout). Drawing of thick line representing simple and cubic houses of whose overcrowding results in a complex and modular structure. It reminds us of some paintings by Theo Van Doesburg.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 80 - MANUEL PRIOR (Puertollano, 1933). "Street of Fortuna". Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right corner. Titled and signed on the back. Measurements: 46 x 55 cm; 58 x 69 cm (frame). Manuel Prior is a self-taught master, who began in the trade with fourteen years and was able to expand his knowledge thanks to his travels in France, Germany and Austria, in 1954. When he settled in Madrid, he attended the drawing workshops of the Círculo de Bellas Artes, and in 1963 he became a member of the well-known "Grupo Castilla 63" together with Onésimo Ancciones, Elena Así, Julio Plaza, etc. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions (Madrid, Seville, Santander, Mexico, Lisbon, New York, Copenhagen, etc.), and is preserved in important private collections and in various institutions (Provincial Museum of Ciudad Real, Museum of Fine Arts of San Eloy, Museum of Ayllon, Municipal Museum of Puertollano, etc.).

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 81 - "Falade", 20th century. Ink and chalk on paper. Signed "AMBROSE" in the lower right corner. Presents some scratches on the frame. Measurements: 46 x 31 cm; 64 x 48 cm (frame). Drawing representing a sophisticated couple performing a dance pass. It is resolved with incisive stroke in black and white, emulating the xylographic art. The aesthetic is typical of the twenties.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 82 - French school of the first half of the twentieth century. Untitled. Oil on board. Without signature. It presents faults in the painting. Measurements: 36 x 49 cm; 55 x 67 cm (frame). This painting seems to be inspired by one of the abstract series of the thirties of the French artist Jean Hélion (Couterne in Normandy, 1904-1987).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 83 - Spanish school of the 20th century. "Flamenco dancer", 1957. Watercolor on paper. Signed "Plaza" in the lower left corner. Signed, dated and dedicated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 50 x 35 cm; 70 x 54 cm (frame). A synthetic but tremendously expressive stroke defines a flamenco dancer in movement.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 84 - ANTONIO ZARCO (Madrid, 1930). Untitled, 1964. Oil on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 45 x 60 cm; 60 x 75 cm (frame). Antonio Zarco begins his artistic formation in 1947, in the School of Arts and Trades of Madrid. In 1952 he enters the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando. In 1971 he obtained a teaching position at the School of Arts and Crafts, and in 1980 he was appointed Inspector General of the Schools of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts. He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Madrid. He held his first individual exhibition in 1958, at the Carmina Abril Gallery in Madrid. Since then he has exhibited in various parts of the Spanish geography. His awards include the third medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts (1957), the gold medal for landscape in El Paular, Segovia (1958), the Rodriguez Acosta Foundation Award in Granada (1958 and 1969), the Juan March Foundation scholarship (1959), the Grand Prix of Rome and the Provincial Council of Cordoba in 1960, the engraving prize at the VI Biennial of Alexandria (1966) and the medal of honor at the BMW Painting Award (1990), among others. He is represented in various public and private institutions, such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo Provincial de Zaragoza, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Toledo, the MACBA in Barcelona and Cairo and the Museo Municipal de Madrid.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 85 - GAIETÀ CORNET PALAU (Barcelona, 1878 - 1945). "Urban scene", "The professor", "The salesman". Three humorous drawings. Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed. The paper has some stains and some damage. Measurements: 14.5 x 20.5 cm (the largest); 71 x 31 cm (frame). Draughtsman, caricaturist and engineer, he was formed artistically in the Borrell Academy. Belonging to the pre-novecentista group "El rovell de l'ou", he collaborated with the most important publications in Barcelona at the time. He always favored political caricature, and was also one of the most appreciated children's cartoonists. He collaborated with the weekly magazine "Patufet".

Estim. 400 - 500 EUR

Lot 86 - Spanish school of the 20th century. Untitled, 1969. Acrylic on wood. Signed (illegible) and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 33 x 46 cm; 43 x 56 cm (frame). Meanders and curvilinear furrows compose a surreal cartography that reminds us of a suburban landscape. We are in front of an abstract composition resolved with a palette of grays and glaucous on a black background.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 87 - 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.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 88 - Central European school, mid-twentieth century. "Landscape". Acrylic on canvas glued to cardboard. Measurements: 54 x 45 cm; 66 x 56 cm (frame). This composition of bright and contrasting colors awakens sensations of emotional intensity, in the line of the German expressionists of Die Brucke. Specifically, the painting recalls some of Karl Schmidt Rottluff's anti-naturalistic landscapes, endowed with the same determination to express the soul with color and energetic strokes. The present painting shows similar angular and simplified, gemetrizing forms.

Estim. 200 - 250 EUR

Lot 89 - LUIS BAGARÍA BOU (Barcelona, 1882- Havana, 1940). "The tamer". 1927. Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It presents humidities and wrinkles in the paper. Measurements: 35 x 40 cm; 51 x 56 cm. Luis Bagaría is considered one of the main Spanish caricaturists of the first half of the 20th century. He renewed the genre by his synthetic and expressive strokes and published in the Catalan press (until 1912 with La Vanguardia) and Madrid (until 1936 with La Tribuna, España and El Sol).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 90 - GASPAR MONTES ITURRIOZ (Irun, Guipuzcoa, 1901-1998). "Portrait of a young gentleman", 1928. Mixed media on paper. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 33 x 23 cm; 51 x 42 cm (frame). Montes Iturrioz began his studies in Irun with the sculptor Julio Echeandía and the painter José Salis Camino, moving later to Madrid to continue studying with the professors José María López Mezquita and Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor. The painter José Salis Camino, together with Nemesio Camio, gave him a pension so that he could go to Madrid to further his studies. In 1924 he moved to Paris with the amount of the prize obtained in the Exhibition of New Artists, studying in the Free Academies of the capital of the French Republic. He took part in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts in 1927 and 1930 and held collective and individual exhibitions in Madrid, San Sebastian, Pau, Bayonne, etc. In 1938 he began to have a good number of disciples that forced him to dedicate himself with intensity to the pictorial teaching. The painter and writer Mauricio Flores Kaperotxipi wrote that Montes Iturrioz has been called the Franciscan painter, because of the sweetness he communicates to his landscapes. He has obtained several First Prizes in the Contest of New Artists of Guipuzcoa from 1919, First Prize in the Christmas Contest of San Sebastian in 1951 and First Prize Darío de Regoyos in the Christmas Contest of 1956. He also won the Second Prize of the San Sebastian City Council in 1952, consisting of five thousand pesetas. In 1964 and 1967 he exhibited in San Sebastian, and in 1970 he exhibited with Arteta, Casas, etc., in the exhibition "Seven Spanish Masters of Drawing". He painted murals in churches in Guipúzcoa, Valencia and Asturias. He also painted decorative motifs in the airfield of Valladolid and in hotels in Navarre and Aragon, as well as stained glass windows. His painting "Snow in Irun" is owned by the Museum of San Telmo in San Sebastian, where part of his works are, as well as in Bilbao and the Mar de la Plata (Argentina).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 91 - ROBERTO DOMINGO FALLOLA (Paris, 1883 - Madrid, 1956). "Racing day in Paris", 1909. Ink on paper. Signed, dated and placed in the lower corner. It has some flaws in the paper and in the frame. Measurements: 22 x 26 cm; 36 x 39 cm (frame). Domingo began his artistic training in Paris with his father, the painter Francisco Domingo Marqués. There he also got to know first hand the French impressionism. In 1906 he moved to Madrid and entered the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts, where he was a disciple of Antonio Muñoz Degraín. He took part in national and foreign exhibitions, obtaining the third medal in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1908, second in the 1910 edition and first in 1915. In 1911 he had a solo exhibition in Rome, at the Fine Arts Pavilion. He also showed his work continuously in several Spanish and London galleries, such as Baillie and Tooth. A costumbrist painter, he specialized in bullfighting themes, which brought him great fame and prestige. His work is characterized by the expressiveness of the stain and the stroke, capturing the reality through a sensitivity that connects with the tradition of Goya, Lucas and Alenza. The spontaneity, fluidity and dynamism of his work is largely due to his ability to memorize reality in his retina and then transfer it to the painting with his own nuance, simplifying the lines and diluting the colors. This vibrant emotion was also appreciated by great international artists of the time, such as John Singer Sargent and Gerald Kelly, who were among his clients. Roberto Domingo is represented in the Prado Museum, the Fine Arts Museum of Granada, the Provincial Museum of Cadiz, the Municipal Museum of Madrid, the Bullfighting Museum of Las Ventas in Madrid, La Maestranza in Seville, Valencia and Viana de Cega (Valladolid), the Drawing Museum of Castillo de Larrés (Huesca) and the Havana and Hemingway Museums of Cuba, among many others.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 92 - Spanish school of the second half of the 20th century. Untitled, 1972. Oil on canvas. Signed "Ocaña" and dated in the lower right corner. Measurements: 46 x 61 cm; 61 x 75 cm (frame). Following the line of abstraction, the artist seeks in this painting the dynamism and rhythm obtained from the juxtaposition of shapes and blue, green and mustard colors.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 93 - TRINITAT SOTOS BAYARRI (Sabadell, 1927). "Paris cityscape", 1955. Watercolor on paper. Signed, dated and located in the lower left corner. Measurements: 42 x 26 cm; 59 x 42 cm (frame). Catalan painter settled in Santander, Trinidad Sotos Bayarri paints since childhood, and with only twelve years won the children's competition of the Academy of Fine Arts of Sabadell. She later studied with the master Antonio Vila Arrufat, between 1940 and 1946, and finally extended her training at the School of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi in Barcelona, graduating in 1951. He then continued his training in Italy and France (1952-57), and lived for a time in New York. Since his debut in 1946, he has held exhibitions in outstanding galleries such as the Biosca in Madrid (1957), the Raymond Duncan in Paris (1959), the Ward Eggleston in New York (1961), the Trianon in Madrid (1970), etc.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 94 - Spanish school of the 20th century. Untitled. 1991. Oil on canvas. Signed "CASENAVE" and dated. Presents faults and tears in the canvas. Measurements: 46 x 61 cm.; 47 x 62 cm. Painting of abstract theme, whose chromatic, rhythmic and formal study reminds us of Paul Klee's projects at the Bauhaus.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 95 - Basque school of the 20th century. "Dancer. Plafón in patinated bronze. Without signature. Measurements: 20 x 17 cm; 35 x 31 cm (frame). An abstract composition immortalizes the figure of a dancer from the Basque Country, turning the work into a modernized version of regionalist painting.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 96 - Spanish school of the second half of the 20th century. Untitled. Mixed media on paper. Without signature. Measurements: 40 x 60 cm; 54 x 74 cm (frame). Synthesized flowers and geometrical lines completely flood this composition. The balance and pictorial order provide a rhythmic rhythm.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 97 - Spanish school of the first half of the twentieth century. "Fisherman by the sea". Charcoal on paper. Signed blurred and dated in the lower right corner. The passe-partout is damaged. It does not preserve the glass. It has a hole in the upper left side. Measurements: 58 x 42 cm; 75 x 60 cm (frame). A firm but synthetic line defines this illustrative drawing. The protagonist, an anonymous character with his back to us, looks out to sea while two boats ply the choppy waters.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 98 - IMELDO CORRAL GONZÁLEZ (Ferrol, 1889 - 1976). "Reflections in the sea", Galicia. Oil on cardboard. Signed and located in the lower right corner. Titled on the back. It presents faults and damages in the pictorial layer. Measurements: 24 x 28,5 cm. Imeldo Corral decides to devote himself to painting due to his precarious health, which prevents him from doing any work that requires physical effort. Thus, he enters the School of Arts and Crafts of Ferrol at the age of eighteen, although after studying only one course he is forced to leave the school due to illness. Then he moved to Madrid, where he worked in oil, pastel and watercolor, and worked as a copyist at the Prado Museum. It was in this city where he took part in his first exhibition, a group exhibition of Galician painters held in 1912 at the Centro Gallego in Madrid, where he sent more than thirty paintings and fifty sketches, mainly landscapes and seascapes of Ferrol, as well as a self-portrait. In 1917 he took part in an exhibition in La Coruña, together with painters of the stature of Ribas, Germán Taibo, González del Blanco, Manuel Abelenda, etc. In 1918 he exhibits again in the same city on the occasion of the homage to the violinist Manolo Quiroga, and that same year he presents his first individual exhibition in Madrid, where he shows a varied group of landscapes. In 1923 he held an exhibition in Santiago, which was a success and a great social event. That same year he also exhibited in La Coruña. In 1928 he held an exhibition in Madrid, at the Palacio del Retiro, and in the following years he continued his exhibitions in Galicia, León and Barcelona. He will also show his works in Buenos Aires, in the Galician Center of the Argentine capital. Imeldo Corral received the Medal of Artistic Merit from the City Council of Ferrol, already very ill, on January 7, 1976. He was a full member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes del Rosario, of La Coruña, and honorary member of the Sociedad Artística Ferrolana. Considered one of the best Galician painters of his time, Corral developed a style centered on the poetics of color, and knew how to capture perfectly the changing light of Galician mornings and sunsets. He is currently represented in the Fine Arts Museums of La Coruña, Pontevedra and Vigo, the Municipal Bello Piñeiro and the Royal Galician Academy of Fine Arts.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

Lot 99 - "ATIZA"; JOSÉ CHACÓN (Spain, active in the late 19th century-early 20th century). "Modistas". Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed in the lower right corner. The frame has lack of polychrome. Measurements: 16 x 10 cm; 29 x 22 cm (frame). Atiza was a graphic humorist and cartoonist who began in the magazine "Nuevo Mundo" around 1903. In 1904 he worked in "Papel de Estraza", and a little later among the collaborators of "El Cuento Semanal". He was a regular contributor to "Blanco y Negro". He also illustrated books such as the "comic novels" by Luis Taboada, "La viuda de Chaparro" and "Pescadero, a tus besugos", both from 1906. He was one of the first authors to use sandwiches for the dialogues. Webgrafía: JORDI MANZANARES (2018): "José Chacón" in Tebeosfera. Available online 21-VI-2024 at: https://www.tebeosfera.com/autores/chacon_jose.html.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 100 - ANTONIO CASERO SANZ (Madrid, 1898 - 1973). "Transfer of the bulls". Watercolor in the form of a fan country. Signed in the lower right corner. It does not preserve the glass. The frame has some lack. Measurements: 13 x 34 cm; 28 x 47 cm (frame). Disciple of Ricardo Marín, Casero studied in the Superior School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he had as main teacher the engraver Carlos Verger. At the age of eighteen he enters by opposition in the City Council of Madrid, being assigned to the Municipal Museum. Specializing in bullfighting, he made numerous posters for the main Spanish fairs, particularly in his hometown. He also collaborated as an illustrator with various publications of his time, held several solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions. He also participated in artistic competitions such as the Salón de Otoño de Madrid, where he obtained a Diploma of Honor, and those of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, of which he was a member. An excellent watercolorist and draftsman, in his works he vividly captured the authentic breath of the fiesta, as in his famous "Una vara" (1939), where with a loose and agile stroke, and from a chromatic conception of a poster artist, he describes with almost archeological criteria a puya executed with all the orthodoxy and purity possible, while the master and the peones are at the ready. He was a collaborator of "ABC" and "Blanco y Negro", beginning his graphic activity with "El Heraldo de Madrid". In 1955 he founded the Velázquez Group, together with Cruz Herrera, García Carrillero, Huetos, Pinero, García Vázquez, Pérez Gil, Valenciano and Izquierdo Vivas, a group that exhibited for the first time in 1957 at the Salón Dardo in Madrid.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

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Lot 67 - Catalan school of the 20th century. "Landscape of Roses", 1951. Watercolor drawing on paper. Signed and dated in the lower left corner. Measurements: 25 x 34 cm; 49 x 59 cm (frame). The author of this work observes and paints from life, using a watery but expressive brushstroke.