P0053

Fragment of a mural “Galeries Laietanes”

Ref Num.: P0053

Date: 1915

Typology: Painting

Technique: Tempera transferred to canvas

Dimensions: 155 x 285 cm

Signed: Unsigned and undated

Barcelona, MNAC, no. 42.405

The Galeries Laietanes had a basement café, El Celler, where members of the noucentista group met. The owner Santiago Segura commissioned Xavier Nogués to paint the murals for the café. They were on a wine-related theme and were later removed by the restorer Ramon Gudiol. The series, which consists of 38 fragments, comprises almost all the murals, except for the large blue panel that was the centrepiece of the main room and some smaller fragments. They are now found in different collections. Three arches with figures in a landscape.

MNAC acquisition, 1947

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