Over My Dead Body (Casas)

Over My Dead Body, 1893, is a painting by Ramon Casas, in the National Art Museum of Catalonia in Barcelona.

Description
At the beginning of the 1890s, Ramon Casas began painting interior scenes with a female figure always present. Over My Dead Body, one of the first of the series, Casas paints a young woman standing between two doorways. Her posture appears to be looking out at someone and preventing them from entering the room. The complexity of the open doors at the far end of the room contribute a mysterious quality to the painting, allowing the viewer to question where this young woman really is. The painting's original title was replaced for some time with "Summer Study." But Miguel Utrillo changed the title of the painting back to "Over My Dead Body" after a solo exhibition at the Sala Pares in May 1900. The title of the work is listed in Pel & Ploma as "Summer Study."

Exhibition
Exhibition history:
 * Segona Exposicio de Ramon Casas, Barcelona, Sala Parés, 25/5-11/6/1900.
 * Homenatge a Ramon Casas, Barcelona, Palau de Bellas Arts, Reial Circol Artistic, 6/1930.
 * Exposicion Ramon Casas, Barcelona, Palau de la Virreina, 12/1982.
 * Tresors de Barcelone. Picasso, Miró, Dalí et leur temps, Lausanne, Fondation de l'Hermitage, 10/10-28/11/1986.
 * Pintura, dibuix i obra grafica del Museu d'Art Modern de Barcelona (Finals del s. XIX primers del XX). Excola Catalana (trad.rus)", Moscow, Academy of Fine Arts, 6-7/1987;Leningrad, Fine Arts Academy, 7-8/1987.
 * El espacio privado, Madrid, Sala Julio Gonzalex, 10-12/1990.
 * Ramon Casas. El pintor del Modernisme, Barcelona, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, 31/1-1/04/2001; Madrid, Fundació Cultural Mapfre Vida, 11/4-17/6/2001.
 * Gaudi e il modernismo catalano, Milano, 2003, p. 57, cat. s/num., fig..
 * El Modernismo. De Sorolla a Picasso, 1880–1918, Lausanne, Fondation de l´Hermitage, 27/01/2011-29/05/2011
 * "Ramon Casas. El pintor del modernisme", Madrid, Fundacion Cultural Mapfre Vida, 10/04/2001-17/06/2001
 * "Ramon Casas. El pintor del modernisme¨", Barcelona, MNAC;Madrid, Dundacio Cultural Mapfre Vida, 31/01/2003-17/06/2001
 * "Ramon Casas. El pintor del modernisme", Barcelona, MNAC; 31/01/2001-01/04/2001
 * "Gaudi e il modernismo catalano" (Gaudi i el moderisme catala). MNAC, Roma, Chiostro del Bramante, 20/01/2003-29/02/2004