Alhucemas landing

1929. Oil on canvas.
On display elsewhere

The landing of the Spanish Navy in the bay of Alhucemas took place on the 8th of September 1925, under the command of General Primo de Rivera, and marked the end of Spain´s war against Morocco. Generals Miguel Primo de Rivera (1870–1930) and José Sanjurjo Sacanell (1872–1936) appear on the deck of the torpedo 22. In the background appears the mountain of Morro Nuevo.

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Inventory number: P004850
Author: José Moreno Carbonero
Title: Alhucemas landing
Date: 1929
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Width: 226 cm; Height: 137 cm
Provenance: Donation from the artist, 1929; Museo de Arte Moderno.
Entry date: 1971

Bibliography +

Espinós, Adela; Orihuela, Mercedes y Royo Villanova, Mercedes, "El Prado disperso". Cuadros depositados en Madrid. IV. Alto Estado Mayor, Boletín del Museo del Prado, II, Madrid, 1981, pp. 59.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 424.

El General Picasso: militar y dibujante, Fundación Picasso, Museo Casa Natal,, 2016, pp. fg. 168.