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L0009
El País de los tontos (Cuento servio) [sic]
Ref Num.: L0009
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Date: 1917
Typology: Book
Technique: Illuminated lithograph
Dimensions: 26 x 31 cm
Signed: “Babel” on the illustrations
Location
Barcelona, MNAC, Biblioteca
Description
A magnificent story (we’ll never know if it’s for adults or children) by the writer Josep Carner, brilliantly and satirically illustrated by Xavier Nogués. Barcelona, Editorial Muntañola, S.A., 1920. Eight pages with seven illustrations by Nogués, one of them double page. Individual lithographs have been found in museums such as Fundació Palau in Caldes d’Estrac (n. 1,157 and 1,158). Examples have also been found at the Barcelona galleries Palau Antiguitats and Francesc Mestre. Some individuals have also shared images online, such as Manuel Pedreira and Font, through their art and heritage blog (last image).
Provenance
Isabel Escalada’s bequest, 1969
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Bibliography
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, cat. no. 1.411, p. 110. Joan M. Minguet Batllori, Alliberar Xavier Nogués, exhibition catalogue, Palau Antiguitats, Barcelona, April-July 2022, no. 60.