Josep Bartolí Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Josep Bartolí Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 10, 2024
JOSEP BARTOLÍ (Barcelona, 1910-New York, 1995). "Abstract", ca. 1946. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower margin. Provenance: Estate of Irena Urdang de Tours (art dealer and Holocaust survivor).
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
JOSEP BARTOLÍ (Barcelona, 1910-New York, 1995). "Abstract", ca. 1946. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower margin. Provenance: Estate of Irena Urdang de Tours (art dealer and Holocaust survivor). Measurements: 14 x 9,5 cm; 26,5 x 22 cm (frame). Every plot of Josep Bartolí's life could have been extracted from a gripping novel. His drawings of denunciation would echo his time in concentration camps, from whose death he ended up escaping by jumping off a train. But he also experimented with abstraction, especially while in New York and Mexico. This painting ("Abstract") was probably made in New York in 1946, the year he met Frida Kalho and they fell in love, as evidenced by the love letters they wrote to each other (25 passionate letters from Fridha are preserved). The Mexican painter was in the U.S. city recovering from spinal surgery. Later, they continued their romance in Mexico. Stylistically, "Abstraction" is close to the postulates of abstract expressionism, as the artist frequented the circle of Pollock and Rothko in those years. Painter, draftsman and set designer. A disciple of Salvador Alarma and Tastàs, he collaborated with various publications (La Humanidad, La Opinión, La Esquella de la Torratxa...) as a political cartoonist. At a very young age he began to work as a cartoonist in the press and became involved in trade unionism in Barcelona at the time. Between 1933 and 1934 he presented an exhibition of drawings in Barcelona that was very successful. He was one of the organizers of the Sindicato de Dibujantes de Cataluña and of the UGT. leader in 1936. Towards the end of the Spanish Civil War he went into exile in France. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was sent to the Dachau camp, but on the way he escaped by jumping off the train and, after a long journey, he arrived in Mexico. There he resumed his pictorial activity, came into contact with the environment of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, of whom he was a lover, and participated in the founding of the Prisse gallery. In the United States he was the first cartoonist of Hollyday magazine, standing out as one of the most sought-after cartoonists of the time, he made sets for historical films in Hollywood and was part of the 10th Street group, along with Willem de Kooning, Kline, Pollock and Rothko. In 1973 he received the Mark Rothko Award for Fine Arts.3 Among his illustrated books are Caliban (1971), The black man in America (1975) and Campos de concentración (Mexico, 1943; Madrid, Spain, 2006). This last title, based on texts by the Catalan journalist Molins i Fábrega, collects his extensive documentary series of pen drawings about his experience in the concentration camps.
Setdart Auction House
Mar. 05, 2024
JOSEP BARTOLÍ (Barcelona, 1910-New York, 1995). "Abstract", ca. 1946. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower margin. Provenance: Estate of Irena Urdang de Tours (art dealer and Holocaust survivor).
Est: €7,000 - €8,000
JOSEP BARTOLÍ (Barcelona, 1910-New York, 1995). "Abstract", ca. 1946. Oil on panel. Signed in the lower margin. Provenance: Estate of Irena Urdang de Tours (art dealer and Holocaust survivor). Measurements: 14 x 9,5 cm; 26,5 x 22 cm (frame). Every plot of Josep Bartolí's life could have been extracted from a gripping novel. His drawings of denunciation would echo his time in concentration camps, from whose death he ended up escaping by jumping off a train. But he also experimented with abstraction, especially while in New York and Mexico. This painting ("Abstract") was probably made in New York in 1946, the year he met Frida Kalho and they fell in love, as evidenced by the love letters they wrote to each other (25 passionate letters from Fridha are preserved). The Mexican painter was in the U.S. city recovering from spinal surgery. Later, they continued their romance in Mexico. Stylistically, "Abstraction" is close to the postulates of abstract expressionism, as the artist frequented the circle of Pollock and Rothko in those years. Painter, draftsman and set designer. A disciple of Salvador Alarma and Tastàs, he collaborated with various publications (La Humanidad, La Opinión, La Esquella de la Torratxa...) as a political cartoonist. At a very young age he began to work as a cartoonist in the press and became involved in trade unionism in Barcelona at the time. Between 1933 and 1934 he presented an exhibition of drawings in Barcelona that was very successful. He was one of the organizers of the Sindicato de Dibujantes de Cataluña and of the UGT. leader in 1936. Towards the end of the Spanish Civil War he went into exile in France. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was sent to the Dachau camp, but on the way he escaped by jumping off the train and, after a long journey, he arrived in Mexico. There he resumed his pictorial activity, came into contact with the environment of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, of whom he was a lover, and participated in the founding of the Prisse gallery. In the United States he was the first cartoonist of Hollyday magazine, standing out as one of the most sought-after cartoonists of the time, he made sets for historical films in Hollywood and was part of the 10th Street group, along with Willem de Kooning, Kline, Pollock and Rothko. In 1973 he received the Mark Rothko Award for Fine Arts.3 Among his illustrated books are Caliban (1971), The black man in America (1975) and Campos de concentración (Mexico, 1943; Madrid, Spain, 2006). This last title, based on texts by the Catalan journalist Molins i Fábrega, collects his extensive documentary series of pen drawings about his experience in the concentration camps.
Setdart Auction House
Nov. 30, 2023
JOSEP BARTOLI I GUIU (SPANISH 1910-1995) (CATALAN/AMERICAN, 1910-1995) HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT NY ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTING
Est: $500 - $1,500
Oil on canvas mounted on linen board. Signed bottom center. 4 x 5 1/2"; 8 1/2 x 10 1/4" (framed). Josep Bartoli, after escaping a French internment camp during the Spanish Revolution, fled to Mexico, where he met and became romantically involved with Frida Kahlo. Bartoli then moved to New York City and joined a group of abstract expressionists that included Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, and Willem De Kooning. Bartoli continued his love affair with Frida Kahlo, which at the time was kept secret from her husband Diego Rivera but recently has been well documented in the film about Bartoli titled "JOSEP," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2020. This painting is an exceptionally rare example of Bartoli's abstract expressionist work. It was acquired in New York by Irene Urdang de Tour. Urdang de Tour became associated with Bartoli when he worked with Rothko, Pollack, and De Kooning and remained in a relationship with Frida Kahlo while she was in New York recovering from spinal surgery in 1946. Provenance: Estate of Irena Urdang de Tours (art dealer and Holocaust survivor).
Vallot Auctioneers
Jan. 25, 2023
Josep Bartoli i Guiu. circus scene
Est: -
Watercolor on paper. Signed in the lower right corner.
Duran Arte y Subastas
May. 12, 2021
JOSEP BARTOLI (1910 / 1995) "Drinking on the merry-go-round".
Est: €270 - €360
Signed in the lower right-hand corner . Pencil and watercolor on paper
Ansorena
Sep. 16, 2018
Jose Bartoli O/C Landscape of Village with Figures
Est: $300 - $500
Jose Bartoli (American/Mexican, 1910-1995 Untitled, mountain landscape of village with figures Oil on canvas Signed lower right Approx. 22" x 26" (framed); 19.75" x 23.75" (unframed)
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Oct. 19, 2017
JOSEP BARTOLI (Barcelona,1910-Nueva York,1995) Diccionario
Est: -
JOSEP BARTOLI (Barcelona, 1910-New York, 1995) Diccionario. Mixed media on paper laid down on fibreboard Mixta sobre papel pegado a tablex de 140 x 100 cm. Al dorso, firmado ytitulado.
Sala Retiro Subastas
Jul. 20, 2017
Josep Escudé Bartoli. Laguna de Venecia
Est: -
ESCUDÉ BARTOLI, JOSEP (1863 - 1898). "Laguna de Venecia". Óleo sobre lienzo. Firmado y localizado (Venecia) en el ángulo inferior izquierdo. 36,5 x 55 cm
Duran Arte y Subastas
Feb. 22, 2017
JOSEP BARTOLI (Barcelona,1910-New York,1995) Diccionario. Mixed technique on paper laid down on board
Est: -
JOSEP BARTOLI (Barcelona,1910-Nueva York,1995) Diccionario Mixta sobre papel pegado a tablex de 140 x 100 cm. AL dorso, firmado ytitulado.
Sala Retiro Subastas
Feb. 24, 2016
JOSEP BARTOLI (Barcelona,1910-Nueva York,1995) - Diccionario [JOSEP BARTOLI (Barcelona,1910-Nueva York,1995) - Dictionary]
Est: -
Mixta sobre papel pegado a tablex de 140 x 100 cm. AL dorso, firmado y titulado.
Sala Retiro Subastas