Lot Essay
The present lot is one of a series of four works Masques de comédie, of which La Risa is in the Museo Pablo Gargallo in Zaragoza.
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Masque 'La Tragédie'
Details
Pablo Gargallo (1881-1934)
Masque 'La Tragédie'
cut and shaped iron with dark brown patina
13 ½ in. (34.4 cm.) high
Executed circa 1915; this work is unique
Masque 'La Tragédie'
cut and shaped iron with dark brown patina
13 ½ in. (34.4 cm.) high
Executed circa 1915; this work is unique
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Salon du Franc, Paris, 29 October 1926, lot 48.
Private collection, by whom acquired in the early 1930s, and thence by descent; sold, Christie's, London, 2 December 1991, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale.
Private collection, by whom acquired in the early 1930s, and thence by descent; sold, Christie's, London, 2 December 1991, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale.
Literature
P. Gargallo-Anguera, Pablo Gargallo, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1998, no. 61, p. 98 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Palais Galliera, Salon du Franc, October 1926, no. 48 (titled 'Masque en fer forgé').
Barcelona, Fundació Caixa Catalunya, Gargallo, October 2006 - January 2007; this exhibition later travelled to Zaragoza, La Lonja, February - April 2007, no. 23, p. 254 (illustrated p. 99).
Barcelona, Fundació Caixa Catalunya, Gargallo, October 2006 - January 2007; this exhibition later travelled to Zaragoza, La Lonja, February - April 2007, no. 23, p. 254 (illustrated p. 99).
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