Live Auction 17295European Art: 19th Century & Orientalist Art
Joaquín Mir i Trinxet (Spanish, 1873-1940)
Lot 253

Joaquín Mir i Trinxet (Spanish, 1873-1940)

The fountain

Closed12 December 2019

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GBP 21,250

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Joaquín Mir i Trinxet (Spanish, 1873-1940)
The fountain
signed 'J.MIR' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 ¾ x 31 ½ in. (63 x 80 cm.)
Painted circa 1914.

Giusepe De Luca, Buenos Aires (acquired in Europe),
Thence by descent to Marta Ballester Molina, Buenos Aires.
Thence by descent to María Isabel Ballester Molina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, in 2009.

Specialist note


It has been suggested that this painting depicts the gardens of Güells’s country house ‘La Moguda’ in Santa Perpétua de la Moguda in Vallés.
We are grateful to Nadia Hernández for her assistance with the present lot.