Louis Quintanilla Drypoint: "Comercio" (Business)

Notes

*Catalogue Entry #: For numbering used in other catalogues, see below.

The Pierre Matisse Gallery Catalogue # =21.

The Spanish title, Comercio, appears in the artist's hand in pencil on at least one impression, l.l. (See Fig. 1 below.).

The only known impressions bearing titles in the artist's hand for Madrid Series prints are in the Hemingway Collection and carry their titles l.l. where the numbering normally appears.

The BNE and the Pierre Matisse Gallery catalogues also use the title "Comercio."

The English version of the title, "Business", is our translation and doesn't appear on any observed impression.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

***Date: On one observed impression, the date appears in pencil just beneath the signature, l.r. (See Fig. 3 below.)

Fig. 3

****Medium: A final determination for the medium has not been made.

For a discussion of the factors involved, visit the "Medium" section of "Using This Catalogue Raisonné."

*****Edition: Quintanilla and his printer were inconsistent in their manner of numbering.

The BNE impression is annotated "n° 1 de 7 pruebas" (Number 1 of 7 proofs).

Another impression bears only the annotation, "n°. 7--" l.l. (See Fig. 2 above.)

Ruperez typically printed ten or fewer (most commonly 7-10) of Quintanilla's Madrid Series prints, often including at least one unnumbered impression outside the edition. (No record exists of more than two unnumbered impressions of any of the Madrid prints.)

The Hemingway Collection typically includes one unnumbered impression bearing a title instead of the number, l.l. (See Fig. 1 above.)

For further discussion of editions and numbering, visit the Edition section of "Using This Catalogue Raisonné."