E0001

The opening ceremony for the first railway line in Spain

Ref Num.:E0001

Details

Date: 1928-1929 ca.

Typology: Set and costume designs

Technique: Oil on cardboard

Dimensions: 50x61cm

Signed: Unsigned and undated

Location

MNAC, Barcelona, no. 44.208

Description

Sketch for the diorama with the same title that was on display at the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition.

Provenance

Added to MNAC holdings – 1933

Exhibitions

Palau de la Virreina, March 1967

Bibliography

Rafael Benet, Xavier Nogués, caricaturista y pintor, Ediciones Omega, Barcelona, 1949, p. 64. J. Barbeta, A. Casanovas, M. Gil and C. Vidal, Exposición Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941, Palacio de la Virreina, March-April 1967, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Museos de Arte, Barcelona, 1967, p. 25, cat. no. 106. Catàleg de pintura segles XIX i XX. Fons del Museu d’Art Modern, 2 vol., Barcelona, 1987, II, p. 734, cat. no. 1848, fig. El arte en España. Guia del Museo del Palacio Nacional. Exposición Internacional de Barcelona 1929, exhibition catalogue, 3rd ed. revised by Manuel Gómez Moreno, Barcelona, 1929, p. 702 (historic tableau depicting the arrival of the first railway in Spain: “Representa la inauguración del primer ferrocarril de España, desde Mataró, en el año 1848”). Cecília Vidal Maynou (dir.), Xavier Nogués (1873-1941), Alfa Books, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 2021, p. 298.

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