El carbonero

PERE PRAT I UBACH (1892-1969)

Terrassa, 1915.

Watercolor and pencil on laid paper.

Signed and dated.

Inscription in pencil on the back: El Carbonero / Tres nins se’n van al bosc / La fosca’ls pren.

Very good condition.

The Moon is often a subtle testimony of love and not infrequently a promoter of sensual impulses. In this scene the three women appear in different poses between daydreaming and abandonment, contrasting with the determined advance of the male figure. The Moon occupies a central space in the composition that mediates between the space of the man and the woman, a space that is shortened and filled with erotic charge. Under the moon sign the latent sensuality of the scene becomes inescapable.

Pere Prat i Ubach was one of the most famous illustrators and humorists of the first half of the XX century, a contributor to magazines such as “L’Esquella” de la Torratxa or “en Patufet”.