JOAQUIN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA (Spanish, 1863-1923)

Details
JOAQUIN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA (Spanish, 1863-1923)
En la Playa

signed and dated J. Sorolla/908 lower right--oil on canvas
18½ x 22 7/8in. (47 x 58.1cm.)


Provenance
Probably Sr. Bou, Buenos Aires, until 1919

Literature
B. de Pantorba, La Vida y la obra de Joaquin Sorolla, Madrid, 1953, n. 1697
Exhibited
Buenos Aires, Institucion Cultural Espanola, Sorolla: Su Obra, El Arte Espanola y Sus Obras en la Argentina, 1942, exh. cat. (illustrated)

Lot Essay

Painted in Valencia circa 1908, the painting is characteristic of Sorolla's paintings of this period in which he painted over a maroon grounding in broad strokes of violet, blue and white.

This painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonne on the artist. We are grateful to Blanca Pons Sorolla for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.