Lot Essay
‘My love of the unknown, my desire of these infinite holes of mystery’
–Manolo Millares
–Manolo Millares
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El Inquisidor (The Inquisitor)
Details
MANOLO MILLARES (1926-1972)
El Inquisidor (The Inquisitor)
signed 'MILLARES' (lower left); signed, titled and dated 'MILLARES - "EL INQUISIDOR" 1968' (on the stretcher)
mixed media on burlap
39 ¾ x 32 ¼in. (101 x 82cm.)
Executed in 1968
El Inquisidor (The Inquisitor)
signed 'MILLARES' (lower left); signed, titled and dated 'MILLARES - "EL INQUISIDOR" 1968' (on the stretcher)
mixed media on burlap
39 ¾ x 32 ¼in. (101 x 82cm.)
Executed in 1968
Provenance
Galerie Messine, Paris.
Galerie Louis Carré & Co., Paris.
Private Collection, Paris.
Galería Jorge Mara, Madrid.
Private Collection, Oviedo (acquired from the above circa 1998).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Louis Carré & Co., Paris.
Private Collection, Paris.
Galería Jorge Mara, Madrid.
Private Collection, Oviedo (acquired from the above circa 1998).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
J. M. Moreno Galván, Manolo Millares, Barcelona 1970 (illustrated, p. 41, titled Torquemada).
J.-A. França, Millares, Barcelona 1977, no. 317 (illustrated in colour, p. 177).
'Pintura Europea en Andorra' in Lapiz, February 1984 (illustrated, p. 70).
J. M. Bonet, 'Volviendo sobre El Paso' in EL PASO después de EL PASO en la coleccion de la Fundacion Juan March, March 1988 (illustrated, p. 12).
A. de la Torre (ed.), Manolo Millares Pinturas Catalogo Razonado, Madrid 2004, no. 425 (illustrated in colour, p. 480).
J.-A. França, Millares, Barcelona 1977, no. 317 (illustrated in colour, p. 177).
'Pintura Europea en Andorra' in Lapiz, February 1984 (illustrated, p. 70).
J. M. Bonet, 'Volviendo sobre El Paso' in EL PASO después de EL PASO en la coleccion de la Fundacion Juan March, March 1988 (illustrated, p. 12).
A. de la Torre (ed.), Manolo Millares Pinturas Catalogo Razonado, Madrid 2004, no. 425 (illustrated in colour, p. 480).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Messine, Millares Oeuvres Récentes, 1971, no. 9.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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