JOAQUÍN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA

(1863 / 1923)

JOAQUIN SOROLLA Y BASTIDA Valencia (1863) / Cercedilla, Madrid (1923) "Javea sea", 1905

Oil on canvas
Signed and dated in the lower left corner: "J. Sorolla Bastida/1905"
On the back, partially lost label from the exhibition of the centenary of the artist's birth, "Sorolla 1863-1963", Cason del Buen Retiro, Madrid April-May 1963
 
This work will be included in the artist's catalog raisonne in preparation by Blanca Pons-Sorolla under number BPS 1521
 
Provenance: - Sorolla's will; awarded to her daughter Maria Sorolla Garcia -Francisco Pons-Sorolla y Arnau; 1973
- Private collection, Madrid
 
Exhibitions:
-1963, Madrid, "Sorolla 1863-1923. First Centenary of the birth of Sorolla", Cason del Buen Retiro, no. 20 (several notes);
-2019, Madrid, "Hunting impressions. Sorolla in small format", Sorolla Museum, no. 160.
 
Bibliography:
-Pantorba, Bernardino "The Life and Work of Joaquin Sorolla", Extensa Graficas Monteverde, no. 2124 (2nd edition), Madrid, 1970, p. 212
-Pons-Sorolla, F., “L'obra de Sorolla a Xàbia”, Xàbiga: magazine of culture, no. 3, 1987, p. 130, no. 96
-David Gutierrez Pulido,"Xàbia in the life and work of Joaquin Sorolla", Xàbia City Council, 2021, p. 156, fig. 141 and 179 (reproduced).
 
We thank Blanca Pons Sorolla for her help in cataloging this work.
 
Measurements: 37.2 x 45.2 cm