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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 31, 2018 | Sotheby's | New York | The Otto Naumann Sale | 37 | $****** - ****** | VIEJO CASTELLANO SIRVIÉNDOSE VINO (THE OLD MAN OF CASTILLE) | |||
Dec 10, 2014 | Sotheby's | London | 19th Century European Paintings | 51 | $****** - ****** | Viejo Castellano Sirviéndose Vino (The Old Man of Castille) |
paintings
209 x 105 cm (82.28 x 41.34 in)
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right: J. Sorolla B 1907
Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo (acquired in 1909 from the New York Exhibition through the Elizabeth G. Gates Fund for $2,400);
By whom sold, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 14 October 1943, lot 63;
Private Collection, Madrid, by the mid-1960s;
Thence by descent in the family;
By whom anonymously sold (“Property from a Private Collection”), London, Sotheby’s, 10 December 2014, lot 51, for $305,145;
There acquired.
by the Hispanic Society of America, 8 February - 11 May 1909, no. 89 (New York); no. 61 (Boston and Buffalo) (as Viejo castellano / Old Castilian);
Toronto, Canadian National Exhibition, 1922;
Dallas, The Texas Fine Art Association, 1923;
Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1928;
Dayton, The Dayton Art Institute, 1930.
A. de Beruete, C. Mauclair, H. Rochefort, L. Williams, E. Cary, J.G. Huneker, C. Brinton and W.E.B. Starkweather, Eight Essays on Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, New York 1909, vol. I, p. 295, cat. no. 89, reproduced (as Viejo castellano);
Catalogue of Paintings by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, exhibited by The Hispanic Society of America, exhibition catalogue, New York 1909, cat. no. 89, reproduced p. 92 (as Viejo castellano / Old Castilian);
“Joaquín Sorolla-y-Bastida: His Wonderful Collection of Paintings at the Albright Gallery,” in Academy Notes, April 1909, vol. IV, p. 185, cat. no. 11, reproduced p. 182 (as An Old Castillian);
C. Brinton, “Two Great Spanish Painters: Sorolla and Zuloaga,” in The Century Magazine, May 1909, p. 31, reproduced (as The Old Castillian);
T.R. Ibarra, “The American Success of a Great Spanish Painter,” New York 1909, p. II562, reproduced (as An Old Castillian);
“In Memoriam: Joaquín Sorolla,” in Academy Notes, July-December 1923, vol. XVIII, p. 77, cat. no. 2;
B. de Pantorba, La vida y obra de Joaquín Sorolla, Madrid 1970, p. 190, cat. no. 1622 (as Viejo Castellano sirviéndose vino);
Joaquín Sorolla, 1863-1923, exhibition catalogue, Madrid 2009, p. 381, reproduced fig. 271;
Sorolla and America, exhibition catalogue, Dallas 2013, p. 302, cat. no. 32, reproduced;
Sorolla y Estados Unidos, exhibition catalogue, Madrid 2014, p. 350, reproduced;
J.L. Colomer, B. Pons-Sorolla, and M.A. Roglán, Sorolla in America: Friends and Patrons, Dallas 2015, p. 165, reproduced p. 168.
signed and dated lower right: J. Sorolla B 1907
oil on canvas
82 1/4 by 41 1/4 in.
209 by 105 cm
