Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida
Spanish, 1863 - 1923
El Ciego de Toledo
1906
Oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 36 1/2 inches (61.6 x 92.71 centimeters)
Signed lower right: J. Sorolla y Bastida
SOLD
Provenance:
Purchased from the artist by William Lowenstein, NY, 1909
Private Collection, Arizona
Exhibited:
Berlin, Eduard Schulte Gallery, Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1907
London, Grafton Galleries, Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1908.
New York, The Hispanic Society of America, Exhibition of Paintings by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, February 8-March 8, 1909, no. 76
Literature:
Bernardino de Pantorba, La Vida y La Obra de Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Madrid, Editorial Mayfe, S.L. 1953, no. 1620, p. 185, “El Ciego de Toledo 62 x 93 cm..”
The Hispanic Society of America, Eight Essays on Sorolla, New York, 1909, vol. I, no. 76, illustrated
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