José María Sert El vendedor de vino (The Wine Seller)

José María Sert
Barcelona 1874 - 1945
El vendedor de vino (The Wine Seller)

Oil on three panels, unframed
275 x 299 cm ; 108¼ by 117¾ in.

Provenance:
Collection Henry Carnegie Phipps (purchased in 1924);

Thence by descent;

By whom sold ('Property from the Ogden Phipps Family Trust'), Sotheby's, London, 3 June 2009, lot 92;

Where acquired.

Literature:
M. Fanton, 'Brilliant Exhibit of Spanish Decorations', in Arts & Decoration, New York, March 1924, vol. XX, no. 5, pp. 8, 75;

The Sphere, London, 12 July 1924, illustrated;

A. del Castillo and A. Cirici, José María Sert. Su vida y su obra, Barcelona & Buenos Aires, 1947, pp. 114, 119-120, pl. 52, illustrated;

Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Parque del Retiro, José María Sert 1874-1945, 1987, pp. 106-107.