Bust of Doctor Jesús Lartitegui Arenaza - Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

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Bust of Doctor Jesús Lartitegui Arenaza

Iñurria, Ricardo

Santurtzi, Bizkaia, 03/05/1908-Bilbao, 24/02/1995

Wood

45 x 45 x 27 cm

R. IÑURRIA (bottom left)

1936

Second quarter of the 20th century

99/125

Donated by Juan Alberto, Jesús Manuel, Javier and Miren Lartitegui Miquelarena in 1999

In the Bust of Doctor Jesús Lartitegui Arenaza, Iñurria gives the good doctor a strongly hieratic look, which confers on him a certain symbolic quality. The dense walnut wood used gives the bust particular value. Walnut is highly esteemed in sculpture for its excellent quality, allowing for a compact finish. The finish respects the natural colour, which tends to a dark red with black grain. With the painstaking carving, these two aspects create a play of light and a variety of colour most unusual in wood sculpture. [Javier Novo]

Selected bibliography

  • Guía Artistas Vascos. Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, 2008. p. 120.
  • Gida Euskal Artistak. Bilbao, Bilboko Arte Eder Museoa, 2008. p. 120.
  • Guide Basque Artists. Bilbao, Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, 2012. p. 120, n° cat. 63.