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Joaquín Sorolla
Beach of Biarritz
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November 19, 11:13 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Joaquín Sorolla
1863 - 1923
Beach of Biarritz
signed J. Sorolla B. and dated 1906 (lower left); bearing the inscription 139; Playa de Biarritz / Sorolla (on the reverse)
oil on board
6 ¼ by 8 ½ in.
15.9 by 21.6 cm.
Executed in 1906.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Blanca Pons-Sorolla, who will be including it in the Sorolla catalogue raisonné (BPS 3543).
The Hispanic Society of America, New York
F.E. Church (acquired from the above in 1909)
Maribel G. Blum, Chicago
Acquired as a bequest from the above in 1986 by the present owner
New York, The Hispanic Society of America, Paintings by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida Exhibited by the Hispanic Society of America, 1909, no. 139
Dallas, Meadows Museum; Dallas, Southern Methodist University and The San Diego Museum of Art, Sorolla and America, 2013-14, no. 109
Madrid, Fundación Mapfre, Sorolla y Estados Unidos, 2014-15, no. 110
Aureliano de Beruete, Eight Essays on Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, vol. I, New York, 1909, no. 139, p. 429
Sorolla realized this saturated oil sketch of a beach scene on the sands of Biarritz in 1906.
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