Lot 224: Julio Romero de Torres (Spanish, 1874-1930) The slave oil and tempera on canvas 33 x 24 ½ in. (83.8 x 62.2 cm.)

Julio Romero de Torres (Spanish, 1874-1930)
The slave
signed ‘JULIO ROMERO/DE TORRES (lower right); and further signed and inscribed ‘JULIO ROMERO/DE TORRES/PINTADO AL ÓLEO Y AL TEMPLE.’ (on the reverse)
oil and tempera on canvas
33 x 24 ½ in. (83.8 x 62.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1925-1929.

Acquired directly from the artist by Arturo Uriarte y Piñiero, Buenos Aires, 1930.
Bequeathed by the above to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1941.
Returned to the descendants of the Uriarte y Piñiero family, 1991.
Thence by descent to the present owner.