Enver Pasha - Original Signed Gouache by Jose Cuchy Arnau - 1915
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Original gouache signed "Cuchy" with the military portrait of Enver Pasha, Ottoman Minister of War during the First World War, seated in white uniform and fez, with the Ottoman arms at the upper left corner. It is the original cover artwork for "La Guerra Ilustrada. Cronica de la guerra europea", no. 31, edited by Augusto Riera, July 1915.
Original gouache signed "Cuchy" with the military portrait of Enver Pasha, Ottoman Minister of War during the First World War, seated in white uniform and fez, with the Ottoman arms at the upper left corner. It is the original cover artwork for "La Guerra Ilustrada. Cronica de la guerra europea", no. 31, edited by Augusto Riera, July 1915.
It retains the printer's framing marks and pencil annotations from the workshop, as well as the manuscript caption below, "Enver Pacha, generalisimo de los ejercitos otomanos": this is therefore the printer's original artwork and not a later copy. Jose Cuchy Arnau was one of the regular illustrators of the covers of the series.
Medium: Gouache on paper
Artist: Jose Cuchy Arnau (Arecibo, Puerto Rico, 1860 - Barcelona, 1925). Signed
Date: 1915
Source: Cover of La Guerra Ilustrada, no. 31, edited by Augusto Riera, July 1915
Dimensions: 12.6 x 21.1 in (32 x 53.5 cm)
Condition: The painted area is in good condition; the margins of the support show damp staining and foxing, pencil framing marks and slight wear at the edges, as seen in the photographs
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Original gouache signed "Cuchy" with the military portrait of Enver Pasha, Ottoman Minister of War during the First World War, seated in white uniform and fez, with the Ottoman arms at the upper left corner. It is the original cover artwork for "La Guerra Ilustrada. Cronica de la guerra europea", no. 31, edited by Augusto Riera, July 1915.