C0007

Ceramic frieze from Pinell de Brai

Ref Num.: C0007

Date: 1920-1921

Typology: Ceramics

Technique: Painted ceramics

Dimensions: 80 x 4550 cm; 180 x180 cm; 204 x 60 cm

Signed: –

Pinell de Brai (Terra Alta)

From 1920 to 1921 Xavier Nogués worked on a series of exterior panels and friezes on a wine-related theme at the Celler i Cooperativa Agrícola de Pinell de Brai (Tarragona), the cooperative winery designed by the architect Cèsar Martinell. Nogués produced detailed drawings inside squares showing the position of each tile to make it easier to put them in the right place. The project was postponed due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the tiles weren’t fitted until 1949 after Nogués’ death. Some of the drawings from this project are at the Museu de Valls and were donated by the architect’s daughter, Maria Martinell.

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Rafael Benet, Xavier Nogués. Caricaturista y pintor, Ediciones Omega, Barcelona, 1949, cat. Porcelana, cerámica, p. 93 and p. 14. J. Barbeta, A. Casanovas, M. Gil and C. Vidal, Exhibition Xavier Nogués, Barcelona 1873-1941, Palacio de la Virreina, March-April 1967, Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Museos de Arte, Barcelona, 1967, cat. no. 548, p. 59 and cat. no. 1269, p. 97. Cèsar Martinell, Destino, no. 1272, 23rd December 1961. Cecília Vidal Maynou (dir.), Xavier Nogués (1873-1941), Alfa Books, Fundació Xavier Nogués, Barcelona, 2021, pp. 193-197.