{"product_id":"original-signed-figure-study-attributed-to-carles-alavedra-barcelona-1949","title":"Original Signed Spanish Figure Study, Barcelona, 1949","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarcelona, Spain, 1949\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore Instagram, artists simply carried sketchbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned C. Alavedra and dated 1949, this original figure study was sourced in Barcelona, where it quietly spent decades before finding its way into The Country House Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn with loose, assured lines, the study captures two views of the human figure: one standing, the other seated. It has the immediacy that makes original sketches so compelling. Every confident mark remains visible. Every hesitation does too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artist has not been conclusively identified, though the Spanish signature, Barcelona provenance, and date place the work within the atmosphere of postwar Catalonia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStill housed in its original gilt frame, it has developed the soft patina only seventy-five years can create. The frame’s restrained ornament gives the drawing just enough ceremony without taking away from its intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome artwork fills a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one gives a room a point of view.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48049166549143,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/3489\/9095\/files\/ByMae_CountryHouse_PaintingPP1.jpg?v=1784875859","url":"https:\/\/shopbymae.com\/products\/original-signed-figure-study-attributed-to-carles-alavedra-barcelona-1949","provider":"By Mae Creative ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}