Preparations for the Wedding

A colourful 19thC orientalist painting cut in a stack of two by Genest in May 2020. This was probably the second copy of a commission. A difficult extreme line-cut, push-fit jigsaw. The image is full of rich textures and patterns.

Josep Tapiró i Baró (1836-1913), a master watercolourist, was the first painter from the Iberian Peninsula to settle in Tangier, from 1876-1913. He was a direct witness and recorder of the extraordinary urban and cultural transformation of this city in the period up to WWI.

Artist: Josep Tapiro y Baro
Date: 2020
Brand: Le Colimacon
Material: 3mm okoume plywood
Nationality: French
Pieces: 818
Size: 32x46cm
Theme: Africa
Title: Preparations for the Wedding of the Sheriff of Tangier’s Daughter