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Lot Essay
IN 1860 FORTUNY WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE DISPUTACION OF BARCELON TO TRAVEL TO AFRICA AS A GRAPHIC CHRONICLER FOR THE WAR IN MOROCCO. HERE HE PRODUCED MANY SUPERB OILS AND DRAWINGS OF MOROCCAN DAILY LIFE.
HENRY REGNAULT WROTE OF HIS FRIEND: 'HE WAS SURCHARGED WITH ENERGY AND GOOD CHEER, AND THE SUNSHINE HE WORKED INTO EVERY CANVAS HE ATTEMPTED, WAS ONLY A REFLECTION OF THE SPARKLING, GEM LIKE RADIANCE OF HIS OWN NATURE. HE ABSORBED FROM EARTH, AIR, SKY, THE WATERS AND MEN, AND TRANSMUTED ALL DROSS INTO GOLD. TO HIM ALL THINGS WERE GOOD'. (IN: E J SULLIVAN, 'MARIANO FORTUNY Y MARSAL AND ORIENTALISM IN NINETEENTH CENTURY SPAIN', THE ARTS MAGAZINE, APRIL 1981, P. 99.)
SOLD WITH A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM CARLOS GONZáLEZ LóPEZ AND MONSERRAT MARTí AYXELá AND TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR ARCHIVE UNDER OR-2.09.62.
HENRY REGNAULT WROTE OF HIS FRIEND: 'HE WAS SURCHARGED WITH ENERGY AND GOOD CHEER, AND THE SUNSHINE HE WORKED INTO EVERY CANVAS HE ATTEMPTED, WAS ONLY A REFLECTION OF THE SPARKLING, GEM LIKE RADIANCE OF HIS OWN NATURE. HE ABSORBED FROM EARTH, AIR, SKY, THE WATERS AND MEN, AND TRANSMUTED ALL DROSS INTO GOLD. TO HIM ALL THINGS WERE GOOD'. (IN: E J SULLIVAN, 'MARIANO FORTUNY Y MARSAL AND ORIENTALISM IN NINETEENTH CENTURY SPAIN', THE ARTS MAGAZINE, APRIL 1981, P. 99.)
SOLD WITH A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM CARLOS GONZáLEZ LóPEZ AND MONSERRAT MARTí AYXELá AND TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR ARCHIVE UNDER OR-2.09.62.