Bridge, 1938
Mixed media and collage on screen in three wood and silk panels
Signed and dated on the bottom right (on the third panel)
149 x 207 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Brussels
The buyer will be provided with an authenticity certificate from the des Antoni Clavé Archives.
This work is registered in the Antoni Clavé Archives under no. 38 HTPAR 2
Note: A year after the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1937, drafted by the Republican government, Clavé found himself on the Aragon front, before working as a draughtsman for the Armies in Barcelona, where he designed the sets for a play by Ramon Vinas in 1938. In 1939, having fled Franco's rule and arrived in Perpignan, France, he exhibited his first works. In the few surviving pieces from his "Catalan" period, with the exception of advertising works and cinema posters, we find the taste for color and collage which will characterize his future work.
