JOAQUÍN SOROLLA Valencia 1863 - Cercedilla, Madrid 1923 Children playing in a boat. Sketch for poster H. 1906 Oil on cardboard size 61.5 x 60 cm On the back on a cardboard glued to the work: "THIS OIL BY JOAQUÍN SOROLLA, IS A SKETCH FOR A POSTER OF ONE OF HIS EXHIBITIONS. / IT BELONGS TO THE COLLECTION OF HIS DAUGHTER HELENA SOROLLA GARCÍA AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DONATED / TO HIS SON VICTORIANO LORENTE SOROLLA, THEREFORE, GRANDSON OF THE ARTIST. / AFTER ITS SALE, THE CARDBOARD WAS GLUED ON TABLEX. MADRID MARCH 16, 1971 / VICTORIANO LORENTE SOROLLA "; Origin: - Will of Joaquín Sorolla (without inventory) - Elena Sorolla García, daughter of the artist. - Victoriano Llorente Sorolla. - Theo Gallery, Madrid (ink stamp on the back) - Acquired by Martha Fernández de Batista at Durán Auctions, Madrid, October 21, 1970, lot 21. - Sotheby's London, November 19, 2001, lot 36. - Private collection, Madrid. Work referenced in: - Bernardino de Pantorba, The life and work of Joaquín Sorolla. Biographical and critical study, Madrid, 1970, p. 213, No. 2173. The present work is a sketch for an unrealized poster for an exhibition, perhaps for the solo show in Paris, 1906. We thank Blanca Pons Sorolla for her help in cataloging this work (inventories: P 2173; BPS 2779)