Antoni Clavé (1913-2005) Bridge, 1938 Mixed media and collage on folding screen consisting of three panels of silk and wood Signed and dated lower right (on the third panel) 149 x 207 cm Provenance: Private collection, Brussels A certificate of authenticity from the Antoni Clavé Archives will be given to the buyer. This work is listed in the Antoni Clavé Archives under no. 38 HTPAR 2 Note: A year after the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1937, mobilised by the Republican government, Clavé found himself on the Aragon front, then a draughtsman with the Armies in Barcelona, where in 1938 he executed the sets for a play by Ramon Vinas. In 1939, having fled Francoism and arrived in Perpignan, France, he exhibited his first works. In the few surviving works from his "Catalan" period, with the exception of advertising and cinema posters, we find the taste for colour and collage that would mark his future work.