Lot 170
  • 170

Ramón Casas Barcelona 1866-1932

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ramón Casas
  • Niña (Portrait of a Girl)
  • signed R. Casas l.l.

  • oil on canvas

  • 35 by 28cm., 13¼ by 11in.

Provenance

Galería d'Ara, Barcelona
Purchased by the present owner from the above in 1984

Condition

Original canvas. There is a spot of retouching to the girl's left cheek corresponding to a small repair in the canvas, a small spot to the left of her neck, some flecks to the left and right edges, and a few small strokes in the upper background. There is some very faint surface craquelure, otherwise the paint surface is overall in good condition. Held in a plaster moulded gilt frame.
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Catalogue Note

Painted circa 1896, the present work is a study for one of the figures in Bal de Tarda of 1896, currently in the collection of the Liceu in Barcelona.