[Original Art] Quintanilla, Luis (Spanish, 1893-1978)
Two Soldiers
Ca. 1937. Ink on paper. Signed by Quintanilla in pen at bottom right corner. Likely trimmed; small abrasions to three corners recto, likely from old tape mount, with the date under signature removed; light mat burn; minor spotting; lightly toned; old tape along top edge verso from an old mount. 17 x 13 in. (431 x 330 mm). Hinge mounted, matted, and in frame.One of a number of drawings Quintanilla based off of his front line experience fighting in the Spanish Civil War. An exhibition of his war drawings was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1938, with a catalogue written by Ernest Hemingway.