1905 summer. Already a solid artist, Sorolla is once again in her hometown and beloved Valencia. On the beach of Malva-rosa, as usual, brush in hand and easel in front of him. Just a few meters from where he was, he was in the sand that warmed his bare feet. woman with child in her arms and the other little ones around him, the so-called mother, watches one of them bathe in the Mediterranean. This -imaginary-print may very well be true as a result of the image projected onto the canvas. Valencia beachmade by the master of light and coming out next week For sale starting from 55.000 Euro.
Just a few strokes, it almost blurs, sorolla It would certainly be done as a preparatory work for another canvas. “It may correspond to one of the numerous issues of the catalog that collects various small-format notes under the heading ‘Color notes’,” say the Ansorena auction house, which sells the small painting.
With your father-in-law’s cardboard
Between its dimensions and the singularities of this table 13×21 centimetersHe emphasizes that Antonio García, Sorolla’s father-in-law, is an oil painting on photo cardboard and exhibited in several major cities, marking a turning point in Sorolla’s international career: Paris And London (1908) and also at the Hispanic Society of America in New York in 1909.
“The black number on the back corresponds to the catalog of the 1909 New York exhibition. From the red number ‘334’ appearing under the button with the number ‘156’ in black, this work was sent to the 1908 London exhibition. It is named ‘334’ in the list of works that Sorolla sent to the exhibition in question. . Valencia beachcoinciding with the title of the exhibition new York However, we cannot be sure that it was exhibited, as more works were sent than were exhibited,” explain Ansorena.
Huntington purchased the piece for $100 in 1909.
Regarding its origin, this study is currently a Private collector from Madrid This puts it up for sale despite coming from Archer Huntington, who bought it for journalist James Townsend at the New York exhibit in 1909. for 100 dollars. Sorolla’s exhibition in New York caused such a sensation that it attracted approximately 160,000 visitors between February 4 and March 8, 1909. On this show, Huntington had the opportunity to get some of the best works. After bath (1908), ox pulling the boat (1903) and sea idyll (1908)”, they explain from the North American presence.