Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)

Abstrait

Details

Julio Gonzalez (1876-1942)
Abstrait
signed with initials and dated 'J.G. 1936 31-12' (lower left)
colored wax crayons, pen and India ink over pencil on paper
12 3/8 x 7½ in. (31.5 x 19.1 cm.)
Drawn on 31 December 1936

Provenance

Hans Hartung (gift from the artist).
Fondation Hartung (bequest from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 30 June 1999, lot 366.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

J. Gibert, Julio González, Catalogue raisonné des dessins: femmes à leur toilette, Paris, 1975, vol. V, p. 61 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The imagery in the present work is derived from a drawing dated October 1934 (Merkert, no. 156 D1), a study that is related to the forged iron sculpture Femme se coiffant II, circa 1934 (Merkert, no. 156; coll. Moderne Museet, Stockholm). In both drawings a figure is seen holding a small mirror up to her head. The three-pronged horizontal element in the present drawing represents a hair comb.

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