LOT DETAILS

Materials:

watercolor and gouache

Measurements:

19.49 in. (49.50 cm.) (height) by 27.56 in. (70.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and inscribed J Tapiró / Tanger lower right

Exhibited:

Reus, Casa Tapiró, 1885. Barcelona, 1885. London, Myer & Son Gallery, 1885. Barcelona, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Josep Tapiró. Painter of Tangier, 2014, illustrated in the catalogue (as Planter militar)

Literature:

'Señor Tapiró's Drawings', in The Times, London, 6 June 1885, p. 6, discussed. La Ilustración Artistica, Año VI, no. 267, Barcelona, 7 November 1887, p. 42, illustrated

Provenance:

Private collection, Europe; (sale: Sotheby's, London, 30 May 2008, lot 82). Purchased at the above sale by the present owner