Pedro Quetglas known as "Xam"' (Majorca, 1915-2001); Kitchen Cubist Still Life on Burlap. Age related wear. Height 29 1/2 inches (74.93 cm.) X width 21 1/2 inches (54.61 cm.). NOTE: Majorcan artist Pedro Quetglas Ferrer “XAM” studied at the Escuela de Artes Aplicadas y Oficios Artisticos, Palma, and at the School of Arts and Crafts, Munich. In 1951 Ferrer held his first solo exhibition at the Circulo de Bellas Artes in Palma. His art has been shown in international centers of Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, Paris and New York. Throughout his artistic career he received several medals and prizes at the Salon d’Automne, Paris (1951 and 1966), Grabado Alfredo Guido (1953) and at the Bienal Hispanoamericana. In 1980 Ferrer was appointed professor at the Academia de Belles Arts de Sant Sebastia de Palma. In 1989 a large exhibition of his lifetime in the arts was held in Sa Llotja de Palma. One of Ferrer’s major commissions was his stained glass works for la Capilla de La Inmaculada. A majority of his art, comprising well over 200 woodcuts is located at the Museu de Mallorca. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. We do not carry out in-depth research of the sort carried out by professional historians and scholars, and any statements made by us orally or in writing about any lot concerning attribution to an artist, provenance, period, materials, origin, history, or dates represent an opinion of Eddie's Auction and are not to be relied on as a statement of fact. Such opinions serve for informative purposes only and do not constitute historic or academic scholarship on the works and do not aim to substitute or contradict any such scholarship.

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