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E0001
The opening ceremony for the first railway line in Spain
Ref Num.: E0001
Details
Date: ca. 1928-1929
Typology: Set and costume designs
Technique: Oil on cardboard
Dimensions: 50 x 61 cm
Signed: Unsigned and undated
Location
Barcelona, MNAC, no. 44.208
Description
Sketch for the diorama of the same name that was on display at the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition.
Provenance
MNAC acquisition, 1933
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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 coming of the railway to Spain in the town of Mataró in 1848: “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.