This is one of the well-known works from Miró's early period when he experimented with a mixture of both
Cubism and
Fauvism. At this time he made several landscapes and
portraits, such as
Portrait of Enric Cristòfol Ricart also from 1917 and now in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Several authors comment that this work could be influenced by the style of
Van Gogh for whom Miró always felt admiration. The Nubiola portrait is signed
Miró in the lower left margin. The painting shows Nubiola sitting in a chair beside a table on which there are fruit, a
porró (typical Catalan wine vessel for drinking directly without a glass), and a potted plant. The flat backdrop behind the figure is decorated with triangles and arcs. The red of Nubiola's open collar shirt indicates his political radicalism; Miró painted himself wearing an identical shirt in a later self-portrait. This work was later acquired by
Picasso. ==Provenance==