1. Nature morte au verre, pichet et bouteille (Still- life with glass, pitcher and bottle)<br>2. Nature morte aux deux bouteilles (Still life with two bottles)

Julio Gonzalez

1876-1942

1. Nature morte au verre, pichet et bouteille (Still- life with glass, pitcher and bottle)
2. Nature morte aux deux bouteilles (Still life with two bottles), 1929

1. Ink and Pencil on Paper, 2. Ink and Pencil on cut-out Paper laid down on card

6 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches (15.5 x 9 cm)

Provenance

Exhibitions

“Julio Gonzalez”, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1983, numbers 72a and 72b, illustrated
“Julio Gonzalez 1876-1942 Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Kunstgewerbe”, Stadtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main and Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, 1983, numbers 161 and 162, illustrated
“Julio Gonzalez”, Galeria Freites, Caracas, January, 1989, numbers 30a and 30b
“Marcas y Trazos del Dibujo-44 Maestros Modernos”, Centro Consolidado, Caracas, 1994, illustrated on pages 112 and 113
“Seurat to Chagall”,Grosvenor Gallery, London, June 2nd – June 25th, 1999, illustrated in catalogue number 18
“Julio Gonzalez”, Art Focus, Zurich, March 15-April 20, 2002 and Dickinson, New York, May 6 – June 28, 2002, no. 5

Literature

“Donation Gonzalez”, Fondation Maeght, St. Paul de Vence, 1972, number 2
Joan Merkert, “Julio Gonzalez: catalogue raisonné des sculptures”, Electa, Milan, 1987, page 64, numbers 85 and 86 illustrated

N.B. Two drawings mounted together

The close connection between drawing and sculpture in Gonzalez ‘s work is apparent in these two drawings. In “Still Life with Two Bottles”, he has cut out an area and through shading and superimposed forms has added the planes found in his iron sculpture. By 1928 Gonzalez was already collaborating with Picasso in the execution of metal sculpture. This collaboration opened for Gonzalez the possibilities in sculpture.