ÁNGEL FERRANT VÁZQUEZ (Madrid, 1891 - 1961).
"Bather", 1945.
Sculpture carved wood in natural color.
Work registered in the exhibition catalog: Dallas, Meadows Museum, "Modern Spanish Art. 1915-1957. From the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo", 9 October 2016 - 29 January 2017, pp.
Attached custom-made wooden box.
Possesses good state of preservation.
Measurements: 26 x 9 x 4 cm.
PROVENANCE:
María Soledad Lissarrague Collection (widow of the artist), Madrid.
José Luis Lissarrague Leis Collection, Madrid.
Private collection (until 2017 Contemporary Art Collection).
Private collection, Madrid.
EXHIBITIONS:
Madrid, Biosca Gallery, "III Salón de los Once", 1946.
Madrid, Colegio Mayor Antonio de Nebrija, "IV Art Exhibition", 1956.
Madrid, Darro Gallery, "From the Exhibition of Iberian Artists to the A.D.N.L", 1960.
Madrid, Neblí Gallery, 1961.
Madrid, Crystal Palace, "Angel Ferrant", 1983.
Schwabenlandhalle Fellbach, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, "5 Triennale Fellbach 1992: Kleinplastik in México, Spanien, Italien, Deutschland", 1992.
Madrid, Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca, Fundación "La Caixa"; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, "Ver a Miró: La irradiación de Miró en el arte español", 1993.
Madrid, M.N.C.A.R.R.S.; La Coruña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Unión Fenosa and Mallorca, Fundación Pilar y Joan Miró, "Before Informalism: Spanish Art 1940-58 in the Contemporary Art Collection", 1996-98.
Zaragoza, Pablo Gargallo Museum, "Ángel Ferrant in the Contemporary Art Collection", 1997-98.
Madrid, M.N.C.A.R.S. and Barcelona, Museu d'Art Modern, "Ángel Ferrant", 1999.
Madrid, Fundación Caja Madrid; Segovia, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Esteban Vicente and Madrid, Sala de las Alhajas, "Un bosque en Obras: Vanguardias en la escultura española en madera", 2000.
Valladolid, Museo Patio Herreriano, "Permanent Collection: Drawing in Space", 2002.
Barcelona, Museo Nacional de Arte de Cataluña, "El mon de l'objecte catalá a la llum del surrealisme", 2007.
Valladolid, Museo Patio Herreriano, "Objeto/References: Contemporary Art Collection," 2013.
Madrid, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, "Experiences of Modernity: Art in Spain, 1916-1956," 2013.
Dallas, Meadows Museum, "Modern Spanish Art. 1915-1957. From the Asociación Colección Arte Contemporáneo," October 9, 2016 - January 29, 2017.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
E.Llorente, "Arriba," 1949, rep.p.3.
A.G.Pericás, "Spanish Art 1925-1935: Sala Darro", Acento Cultural, 1960, rep.b/w.p.6 and supplement 7-8.
R.Gullón, "Ideas abstractas sobre escultura concreta", Madrid, Papeles de Son Armadans, 1961, pp.40-41.
A.G.Pericás, "Acento Cultural", vol.II, 1961, p.18 and supplement 27-30.
A.G.Pericás, "La estructura de A.Ferrant", Acento Cultural, 1961, rep.b/w.p.18-20 and supplement 27-30.
G.Nieto Gallo, Revista Goya, 1983, col.rep.p.54-56 and 175-176.
Ana Vázquez de Parga, "Ángel Ferrant", 1983, p.147.
Ana Vázquez de Parga, "Ángel Ferrant", Madrid, Ministry of Culture, 1983, rep.b/w.p.43, 62 and 147.
J.Arnaldo, "La escultura de Ángel Ferrant", La balsa de la Medusa, nº.21, 1992, rep.col.p.59.
R.Barilli et al., "5 Triennale Fellbach 1992: Kleinplastikin México, Spanien, Italien, Deutschland", Fellbach, Ed.Cantz, 1992, p.138.
Juan Manuel Bonet, et al., "Ver a Miró: La irradiación de Miró en el arte español", Barcelona, Fundación La Caixa, 1993, rep.col.p.140-41.
"Arte en España", 1995, rep.col.p.121.
Valeriano Bozal, "Before Informalism: Spanish Art 1940-1958 in the Contemporary Art Collection", Madrid, M.N.C.A.R.S., 1996, rep.col.p.51 and 54.
J. Arnaldo, C.Bernárdez and O.Fernández, "Ángel Ferrant en la Colección Arte Contemporáneo", Zaragoza, Zaragoza City Council, rep.col.p.37.
C.Bernárdez, V.Bozal and V.Torrente, "Before Informalism: Spanish Art 1940-1958 in the Contemporary Art Collection, Mallorca, Fundación Pilar i Joan Miró, 1998, rep.col.p.54.