In the family of the present owner since the 1940s

Sitges & Madrid, Fundació La Caixa, Ramón Casas. La Modernidad anhelada, 2017, p. 92, illustrated

Jaume Socias Palau, 'Pintura', in Modernisme a Catalunya, Barcelona, 1976, p. 75, illustrated 
Isabel Coll, Ramón Casas, catálogo razonado, Murcia, 2002, pp. 212 & 213, catalogued & illustrated

The canvas has not been lined and is securely attached to a keyed wooden stretcher which appears to be of the time. There is a small area of paint lifting in the beige canopy in the upper left quadrant - this might benefit from some consolidation. With the exception of some minor strokes of cosmetic retouching in the far lower left corner, visible under ultra-violet light, there is no other visible sign of retouching. This work is in good condition and is ready to hang. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with a nameplate. Colours are somewhat less red in reality than in the catalogue illustration.
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Painted circa 1892.