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To be included in the forthcoming Antonio Saura catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Succesion Saura and Olivier Weber-Caflisch.
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Portrait de la Duquesa de Alba
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Antonio Saura (1930-1998)
Portrait de la Duquesa de Alba
signed and dated 'Saura 59' (upper right); signed, titled and dated 'Potrait de DUQUESA de ALBA 1959 SAURA' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
63¾ x 51 1/8in. (162 x 130cm.)
Painted in 1959
Portrait de la Duquesa de Alba
signed and dated 'Saura 59' (upper right); signed, titled and dated 'Potrait de DUQUESA de ALBA 1959 SAURA' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
63¾ x 51 1/8in. (162 x 130cm.)
Painted in 1959
Provenance
Galerie Stadler, Paris.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Antonio Saura, October- November 1979, no. 23 (ilustrated). This exhibition later travelled to Düseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, December 1979 -January 1980.
Madrid, Centro de Promoción de Artes plásticas e Investigación de Nuevas Formas expresivas del Ministerio de Cultura de Espana, Antonio Saura. Exposición antológica 1948-1980, May 1980, no. 152 (illustrated p. 91). This exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, June 1980.
Geneva, Musée Rath, Antonio Saura, pinturas 1956-1985, June-September 1989, no. 7 (illustrated in colour p. 35). This exhibition later travelled to Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, September-November 1989, Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía December 1989-March 1990, Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, April-June 1990, Toulosse, Musée d'art moderne and Réfectoire des Jacobins, June-September 1990.
Madrid, Centro de Promoción de Artes plásticas e Investigación de Nuevas Formas expresivas del Ministerio de Cultura de Espana, Antonio Saura. Exposición antológica 1948-1980, May 1980, no. 152 (illustrated p. 91). This exhibition later travelled to Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, June 1980.
Geneva, Musée Rath, Antonio Saura, pinturas 1956-1985, June-September 1989, no. 7 (illustrated in colour p. 35). This exhibition later travelled to Valencia, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, September-November 1989, Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía December 1989-March 1990, Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, April-June 1990, Toulosse, Musée d'art moderne and Réfectoire des Jacobins, June-September 1990.
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Please note this work will be included in the forthcoming Antonio Saura catalogue raisonné being prepared by the Succesion Saura and Olivier Weber-Caflisch.