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Julio González conceives of creation as a construction in space, which he treats as a material in its own right. The son of a Barcelona-based artistic ironworker and goldsmith, he works at a young age in the family foundry with his father and his brother Joan, while also taking painting and drawing classes at the Beaux-Arts in Barcelona. In his early years in Paris, he produces mainly pastels, often portraits of young women.
His first solo exhibition is held at the Povolosky gallery from 1 to 15 March 1922. In 1932, he joins the constructivist group Cercle et Carré. La Montserrat, dated 1937 in the source, is shown in the Spanish pavilion at the International Exhibition that same year. Other works cited include Femme au miroir (1936) and Hommes-Cactus (1939-1940).
Wartime restrictions on oxygen and acetylene interrupt his production, which requires welding. His daughter Roberta donates a collection to the Musée national d’art moderne in Paris, making it possible to follow the different stages of his work.
This profile brings together identity references for Julio González and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Kornfeld · DognyAuction · Germann
References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Watercolour
Maisons aux toits rouges et bruns
watercolour
Catalogue period : 2021-09-16
Published result : 4000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Femmes roses et mauves
gouache
Catalogue period : 2021-09-16
Published result : 3000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 4000
View the lot at the auction house ↗pencil, partly wiped
Catalogue period : 2021-09-16
Published result : 4000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 5000
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Etude pour la tête Montserrat no. 2
Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2019-06-13
Published result : 10000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 12500
View the lot at the auction house ↗Tusche, laviert, über Bleistiftzeichnung
Catalogue period : 2019-06-13
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 10000
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Encre et crayons de couleur sur papier
Date to be documented
Published result : 2372 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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crayons de couleur — Julio GONZALEZ (1876-1942) "Sans titre", dessin à l'encre de Chine et crayons de couleur, daté 25
Sans titre
crayons de couleur — Julio GONZALEZ (1876-1942) "Sans titre", dessin à l'encre de Chine et crayons de couleur, daté 25
Date to be documented
Published result : 1623 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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Encre et crayons de couleur — Julio GONZALEZ (1876-1942), Composition, Encre et crayons de couleur sur papier
Date to be documented
Published result : 2248 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pen and ink over pencil on thin drawing paper
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Tusche, Acryl und Bleistift auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Tusche, laviert, auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Pencil drawing
Femme assise avec son enfant, 1924
Bleistift-Zeichnung.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Tuschfederzeichnung und Bleistiftzeichnung auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Tuschfeder- über Bleistiftzeichnung.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Watercolour
Julio GONZALEZ (1876-1942), 'Masques', Ensemble de deux œuvres
aquarelle
Lot groupé — prix global
Date to be documented
Group lot — total price
Published result : 3371 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
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